Tue Vien - Wisdom Garden Buddhist Center
Overview
Mission
Religious and charitable activities, providing foods to homeless people and the poor in the community
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing meals once a month to the homeless people and those in need in the community
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 113796201
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
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 a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 23.8%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 75%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 13.56; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 23.8% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $114K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2021 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.