USA Taichi Culture Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472600882
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2021, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Cupertino, CA, USA
Phone
4082523988
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,659
Expenses
$26,019
Assets
$283,271
Liabilities
$12,704

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YUNJIAN ZOU (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • YUNJIAN ZOU (CEO)
  • MARIA L TZANKOVA (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

To promote and communicate the essence of chinese culture to nuture the communitythrough the introduction of various traditional cutlural activities such astaichi, kungfu, chigong, language and arts education, health improving modalitiesand related subjects, so that the community and the individual can be enriched bya broad spectrum of resources, for the goal of reaching a balance and harmoniousstate of continual growth, both at the individual body, mind, spirit, as well asat the cummunal and societal collaboration level.

What it reported doing in 2024

Benefit of general public through traditional chinese culturalcontents such as taichi, kungfu, chigong, language and artseducation.

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 84% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.3%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 75.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.89; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.3% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.