Gee Gong Temple Inc
Overview
Mission
The organization is a house of prayer, providing a place of worship, religious sermons and other activities in keeping with the buddhist faith along with confucianism as a way of life in today's world.
What it reported doing in 2022
In conjuction with praying activities for the worship of the buddha and other saints and sages of the tao, the temple provides religious and philosophical teachings of ancient times, with the aim of assisting its congregants to lead a harmonious, peaceful and blissful life in their family and society. Concurrently, the temple encourages congregants to cultivate a relationship with heaven.
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
- 133834306
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 91
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 3.5%; rating input score 4
- 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
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 96.5%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 191.69; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 3.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2013 to 2022
- 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.