Zyan Economics Academy Corporation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993915259
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Evanston, IL, USA
- Phone
- 9176557615
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $11,754
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $11,754
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kaifu Zheng (President and Director)
People named in this filing
- Kaifu Zheng (President and Director)
- zhelin chen (Director)
- Tao Liu (Director)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Zyan Economics Academy was formed to provide economics education and related academic resources to a broader public in a more modern accessible and effective way. Its primary purpose is to develop and deliver educational programs courses training and learning resources in economics and related fields using contemporary teaching methods and digital tools to expand access to high-quality economics learning.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025 the organisation focused on building its online educational platform and preparing for the launch of its economics education programs. It serves students and learners,25, seeking more modern accessible and effective economics education. Key activities during the year included developing the organizations web platform planning curriculum and program structure identifying student needs and demand and initiating discussions with a number of interested teachers and potential contributors. These preparatory activities established the foundation for the organizations full program launch in 2026 and were designed to expand access to high-quality economics learning through contemporary teaching methods and digital tools.
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 92% 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.