Silicon Valley Chinese School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770037366
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4086476394
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $125,936
- Expenses
- $122,192
- Assets
- $350,655
- Liabilities
- $94,670
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Johnson Wu (Treasurer)
- Young Hsieh (Board Member)
- Emmy Chen (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
The missions of The School are to provide high-quality Chinese education to help students master the Chinese language and culture, promote the inheritance and development of Chinese culture, enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the people of China and the United States. Additionally, Chinese schools are also dedicated to cultivating students' creative thinking and leadership abilities, laying a solid foundation for their future studies and careers.
What it reported doing in 2024
In the 2024-2025 academic year, there are a total of 233 students enrolled in an educational program focused on Chinese language and culture. This program is designed for individuals ranging from 6 to 18 years old, as well as adults.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.87; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $119K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.