Dechen Rang Dharma Center
Overview
Mission
Dechen Rang Dharma Center (DRDC) provides biweekly teachings on Buddhism and ritual practices such as scriptural recitations and meditation. DRDC also provides individual and group spiritual counsulation as needed.
What it reported doing in 2017
Biweekly Dharma teachings and ritual practices such as scriptural recitations and meditation
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260589143
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2012
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Rating
- 49
- 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: 7
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.5%; rating input score 5
- Program expense ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 10
- 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: No; rating input score 0
- 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; 63rd 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: 75.4%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 13.8; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -37.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.5% of revenue deployed · 9.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2015 to 2017
- 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.