The Aj Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 301086635
- IRS 990-PF coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-PF 2025
- Location
- La Mirada, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5626501134
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,724
- Expenses
- $99,716
Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Overview
Mission
Educational Services and Schools - Other
What it reported funding in 2025
The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $17,000. The stated grant purpose was education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The foundation carried out 83% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.
The verdict
MIXED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the endowment provides a meaningful financial cushion. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants.
Rating breakdown
- Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
- Cost Efficiency: 17
- Transparency: 100
- Compliance: 50
- Endowment Health: 98
Detailed rating inputs
Grant Deployment
- Grant deployment ratio: Limited
Cost Efficiency
- Grant expense ratio: 17%; rating input score 17; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency
- Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100
Compliance
- Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
- Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100
Endowment Health
- Endowment-health comparison: 134.47; rating input score 98; 98th 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: Filed payout detail
- Trustees: Filed trustees detail
- Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
- Investments: 98th percentile for endowment coverage
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 17/100.