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 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
- 201493615
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Gaithersburg, MD, USA
- Phone
- (240) 243-6955
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies & Associations
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $83,518
- Expenses
- $66,906
- Assets
- $33,532
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- 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
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- FAN-JYE HSU (PRESIDENT)
- MING-SHEN CHEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- PEI-HUA CHIANG (SECRETARY)
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 2025.