Rural China Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202753350
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
5859573602
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,908
Expenses
$11,136
Assets
$77,161
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Diane Geng (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Whee Ky Ma (Chairman and CFO)
  • Diane Geng (Executive Director)
  • Sara Lam (Director and Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

We support primary school teachers in rural China to develop and teach innovative curriculum.

What it reported doing in 2024

This is our main program, called the "Rural China Innovators Program". Expenses include teacher salaries, teaching expenses, and professional development expenses. We have continually sponsored 5-6 teachers in a rural area of Yongji County, Shanxi Province. They have taught in about 6 schools, reaching about 300 students. They have provided us with teaching reports and evaluations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -483.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.93; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.