San Yi & Helen Tseng Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204832561
IRS 990-PF coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4083690387
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,995
Expenses
$18,362

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Corporate Foundations

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 7 grants totaling $15,050. The stated grant purposes included to build up the saints to christ-like maturity and equip them for ministry in the church and to send them and support them as witnesses to the world for the glory of god., to stimulate and motivate the growth of a movement for chinese churches world-wide toward the obedience of the great commission. a movement which will lead to increased personal participation in the overall missionary enterprise., and for reaching out to thousands of the more than 1,100,000 international students who study in the united states each year. these students, separated from family and friends, often feel lonely and isolated and are unsure about how to relate to americas culture and its people. sadly, many international students are never invited into an american home. many miss the opportunity to have an american friend., plus 4 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 82% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 85

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 24.96; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 85th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.