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 nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223761361
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2014
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Headquarters
- Flushing, NY, USA
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - The website clearly identifies leaders and governance practices and the filed numbers largely add up. 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: 66
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- 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
- Public monitoring controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Public governance controls: 4 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve 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.