Jungto Society

Legal name: Jungto Society Buddhist Temple Inc

Overview

Mission

To provide physical and spiritual support to people in us as well as abroad who suffer from hunger and disease. Humanitarian Aid Expert, Peace Activist, and Environmentalist Ven. Pomnyun Sunim (법륜스님) has been advocating a new paradigm of civilization in which everyone becomes happy through practice, creates a better society through active participation in social movements, and protects the environment through a simple life-style. He founded Join Together Society (JTS) in 1994 to eradicate famine in developing countries; Ecobuddha in 1994 to protect the environment; and Good Friends in 1999 to advocate human rights, help refugees, and promote world peace. He also established the Peace Foundation, a private research institute, in 2004, to bring permanent peace, stability, and unification to the Korean p.

What it reported doing in 2014

Contributions to other related organizations with the similar purposes with our organization/motivational speeches/spiritual education

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
223761361
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2014
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Flushing, NY, USA
Phone
7184612480
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,721
Expenses
$162,981
Assets
$132,857

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.5%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 38.5% of revenue deployed · 32.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 annual filings from 2010 to 2014
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SOOK HYUN KIM (PRESIDENT)
  • YUN SOON LEE (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 2014.