Gam Ro Sa

Overview

Mission

Our Gam Ro Sa's mission is to worshipping Buddha and to reaching out to other Korean Community Buddhists

What it reported doing in 2025

No programs available in this temple.

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
141866222
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Headquarters
Mesa, AZ, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 2nd 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.5%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 7.33; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 85.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $21K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 23 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.