Tkethics
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 331239332
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Holbrook, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4804277660
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,716
- Expenses
- $18,828
- Assets
- $33,348
- Liabilities
- $1,460
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WEIFANG WEN (CEO)
People named in this filing
- WEIFANG WEN (CEO)
- XIN HE (TREASURER)
- YE ZHANG (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To empower youth in the age of artificial intelligence by creating a dynamic platform for ethical discussions and providing resources to support academic research and foster a better understanding of global challenges such as climate change.
What it reported doing in 2024
Tke ethics olympiad organizes global youth ethics tournamentsincluding the pan am & europe ethics olympiad, tkethics international, and the global ai debatesto foster critical thinking on real-world ai dilemmas through online and future offline sessions funded by fees, while offering need-based waivers to support low-income participants
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 31
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.1%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 62.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 37.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.