Yeru Bon Center
Overview
Mission
Support teachings of the tibetan bon rel
What it reported doing in 2021
Provide eduction & support funds to children to spread the bon religion and teachings benefiting appx 200 children.
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.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200424573
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Minnetonka, MN, USA
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $195,946
- Expenses
- $198,812
- Assets
- $36,543
- Liabilities
- $7,021
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2014 to 2021
- 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: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- DAVID PETELER (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
- DEBORAH PETELER (SECRETARY & DIRECTOR)
- BERNADETTE CLEVENGER (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 2021.