World Tong-il Moo-do Federation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943393832
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hayward, CA, USA
Phone
5102591033
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,509
Expenses
$387
Assets
$825
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KOOK J SEUK (President)

People named in this filing

  • KOOK J SEUK (President)
  • LAWRENCE I AOKI (Secretary)
  • MEGUMI TATENO (Treasurer)

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

To conduct and sponsor national and international competitions in the martial arts and to support and develop amateur athletes for such competitions and further, to promote world peace through its activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

World Tong-Il Moo-Do Federation is a very unique martial arts organization in that we educate students who practice martial arts in a deeper philosophy of martial arts which guides them to become responsible individuals and create ideal families thereby making a better society that results in realizing a world of peace. At WTMF we emphasize the importance of philosophy in a way more than actual practice of martial arts. In our view, the philosophy we teach corresponds to the human mind and actual practice of martial arts corresponds to human body. The body cannot function without mind. Based on this understanding, WTMF offers lectures of our philosophy to all participants of our events. We invite students of martial arts from any schools to our events to share our philosophy with them and hopefully work together to start building a better world. The followings are the activities we performed in-person:1.12th Mombasa Open Tong-il Moo Do International Martial Arts Championship, Mombasa, KenyaFrom December 10 to 23, 2025Martial artists from 53 nations including USA, Germany, Australia, UK, South Korea, Japan, and Argentina participated. 2.46th Anniversary of Tong-il Moo-Do Style Martial Art Celebration, South KoreaApril 15, 2025This was to celebrate the founding of Tong-il Moo-Do. Over 200 participants from 16 nations gathered. General public as well as our associates who practice Tong-Il Moo-Do especially those who are interested in any form of martial arts are benefitted from these programs. Around 700 people attended these programs. There are two kinds of participants to our program. One is those who are practicing martial arts and the other is those who are not practicing it but interested in watching martial arts matches. For the former, we offer various events in which they can compete against each other. At the same time, for the latter the same events can be the opportunities to watch and enjoy many highly skilled martial artists showing their skills and techniques. These events will well serve as a vehicle to demonstrate not only technical aspects but also the beauty of martial arts to the spectators. We also offer lectures on the philosophy of Tong-Il Moo-Do. It starts with mind-body unity to perfect our individuality. It then emphasizes these individuals are the ones who can serve as the citizens of world peace.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.8%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 89%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.8% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $309 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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 9/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.