國際佛光會華府協會
Legal name: Buddahs Light International Association Washington Dc Inc
Overview
Mission
國際佛光會：1. 我們秉承常住三寶，正法永住佛光普照。2. 我們信仰人間佛教，生活美化幸福家樂。3. 我們實踐生活修行，隨時隨地心存感恩。4. 我們行善慷慨慈愛，日行善舉奉獻利他、恆常正心。5. 我們尊重會員大道歡喜，來時歡迎去時相送。6. 我們具備正知正見，發揮自利即本性利他。7. 我們用證法喜安樂，永樂動力宣善定無明。8. 我們發願普度眾生，佛光國際現前。
What it reported doing in 2025
The association promotes a wide variety of activities; they include those in arts and culture, to raise member's self development; in education through talks and forums, to provide member's with lifelong learning opportunities, in charitable work to serve our communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
- 201493615
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Headquarters
- Gaithersburg, MD, USA
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies & Associations
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about leaders and governance practices and the website provides limited financial reporting.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 67
- Accountability: 25
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.5; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 39.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 65.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2024 to 2025
- 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.