Jemez Bodhi Mandala

Overview

Mission

To promote universal well-being, helping people to experience their true selfless and symbiotic nature through providing genuine teachings and training in rinzai zen buddhist practices for the immense benefit of current and future generations.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization has ongoing, year-round zen practice sessions. Students attend and participate in morning - evening meditations. Workshops and retreats are held at our facility by various groups. These retreats and seminars are generally held for spiritual or healing purposes and generally have 20-25 participants per retreat. Sesshins, weeklong intensive meditation retreats, which are essentially 7 days of continuing meditation, are also held.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237339535
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Jemez Springs, NM, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.9%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 3.42; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.9% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $328K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.