Chicago Buddhist Viahra Inc
Overview
Mission
Religious services for the buddhist community
What it reported doing in 2025
Sinhala & tamil new year day celebrations
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202041304
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Headquarters
- Oswego, IL, USA
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.6%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 30.7%; rating input score 31
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- 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; 65th 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: -29.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 8.19; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.6% of revenue deployed · 30.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2017 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.