Teachaapi

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872037161
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Phone
3108456601
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,091,022
Expenses
$585,642
Assets
$882,244
Liabilities
$2,986

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANN KONO (COFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE BOARD)
  • RENEE YANG (COFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE BOARD)
  • CAROL KOH EVANS (CFO, EXECUTIVE BOARD)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Teachaapi aims to shift perceptions of the asian-american pacific islander (aapi) community and to strengthen aapi education in schools to foster greater cultural understanding and awareness while celebrating our identity, heritage and culture as a collective community. In response to the increase in racism against the aapi community since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, teachaapi aims to address these issues by providing aapi children, their families, and the community around them with the resources to understand the history, heritage, and the diversity of the aapi community and its contributions to american history.

What it reported doing in 2025

Teachaapi expanded relationships with elementary schools across southern California and Nevada and organized community events to celebrate aapi heritage. The organization launched its website and social media establishing a modern tone on cultural, identity-building content for families and students. Teachaapi aims to shape a more inclusive future for america by providing relevant, immersive, and shelf-ready resources for k-12 parents, educators, students and community members, empowering them to foster awareness and inclusivity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 87.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 68% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 62.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.4% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $572K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.