Pui Tak Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363972943
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3123281188
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,095,657
Expenses
$3,533,112
Assets
$4,808,815
Liabilities
$250,561

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Wong (President)
  • CHRIS JAVIER (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID WU (Executive Dir.): $137,254 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Pui Tak Center was established to be a Christian witness to the Chinese community in greater Chicago through educational, family, and community services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community departmentimmigrant welcoming center: immigrants are unfamiliar with most aspects of living in chicago. Our immigrant welcoming center provides information and referral, case management, crisis intervention and educational workshops. 1290 immigrants and others with limited english proficiency received assistance through the immigrant welcoming center in fy2025.disability services: our disability services provides individualized support, advocacy and training to families affected by disabilities. Our 1 corinthians 1:27 family support group fosters relationships so that families affected by disabilities can support each other. Poiema community day services equips young adults affected by disability with life skills training and prepare them for work opportunities.home based support services assists families who receive government funding that enables family members with disabilities to receive services in their home and community. In fy2025, 83 families received support.hope counseling services: pui tak center opened hope counseling services to provide mental health counseling to both chinatown community members and the christian community in greater chicagoland. The program offers individual, couples and family counseling in cantonese, english, and mandarin.community service projects: pui tak center has periodic projects that help low-income immigrants and limited english speakers to access available services and benefits. In fy2025, pui tak center coordinated community health projects (serving 435), provided income tax preparation assistance (137 households served), and helped households apply for various cash assistance program (serving 225).

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 60% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $26.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.1% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.