Pui Tak Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814602365
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, United States
- Phone
- 312-842-8546
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,701,774
- Expenses
- $1,921,102
- Assets
- $8,110,440
- Liabilities
- $385,515
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kent Lau (President)
- Ming Lee (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Bonnie Ho (Principal): $85,120 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pui Tak Christian School (PTCS) is proudly announces the launch of a Two-Year-Old (Toddler) Program beginning in the 2026–27 school year, designed to support children and families during one of the most formative stages of early development. The toddler years are a formative time when children begin to build curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning. Through intentional structure, nurturing care, and age-appropriate learning experiences, this program will lay a strong foundation for the whole child. IMG_5254.JPG.
What it reported doing in 2024
Pre School & Jr. Kindergarten: Pui Tak Christian School uses the Creative Curriculum as the framework for the Preschool Program. This is one of three developmentally appropriate curriculums recommended by the National Association of Education for Young Children. The school provides a variety of active and quiet learning-play centers within which a child can make choices, create, and interact with peers and their environment. Learning materials provide concrete experiences and are adaptable to children's many different play levels. The teachers also develop "Units of Study" that thematically complement the children, their cultures, and the community. Elementary School K-3rd Grade: PTCS lower Elementary curriculum not only adheres to Illinois standard of common core but aims to provide training well above and beyond State standards and requirements. We utilize a variety of well-established curricula such as Pearon's enVisionMath, Scholastic's history and social studies, and the STEMScope science along with specifically tailored Language Arts, Mandarin Chinese, Fine Arts, Computer, and Physical Education curriculum. The goal is to acquaint students with a well-selected content of conventional knowledge and develop a wholesome attitude towards learning. In addition, through our curriculum, we aim to prepare lower Elementary students to evolve from an individual to a cooperative member of society while helping them acquire skills needed to grow from basic to formal learning in their upper Elementary years and more. Middle School 4th-8th Grade: PTCS' middle classes utilize the Blended Learning educational philosophy that is especially suitable for mixed-grade classrooms. Blended Learning is a way of teaching that provides teachers with the opportunity and tools to tailor the classroom experience for each student to best fit their needs. Teachers use technology to assist their teaching by having individualized lessons pre-designed into each student's computer to assess their level and select applications for the student. While some students are being individually taught through lessons and quizzes on their computer, teachers can give lessons to another group, leaving no child behind in their classroom experience and ensuring each student is attended to. Pui Tak Christian School is equipped with up-to-date technology and trained teachers to equip children best to thrive.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 89
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.9%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $17.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.9%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.22; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 59.9% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 10 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $252K reported
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.