Vajravarahi Buddhist Meditation Center
Overview
Mission
Promotion of buddhist faith under kadampa
What it reported doing in 2021
Promotion of buddhist faithunder spiritual guidance
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202204609
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Water Mill, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6313246441
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Religious Media, Communications
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,721
- Expenses
- $47,167
- Assets
- $72,302
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
- This form does not report enough financial and governance detail to rate the organization. That is normal for this form and is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: 15.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2020 to 2021
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- ALFRED P TUFF (ADMINISTRATOR)
- MICHAEL CARDACINO (TREASURER)
- TERRY TAYLOR (BOARD MEMBER)
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.