Truc Lam Hoa Tu
Overview
Mission
Teaching buddhism way, meditation to apply and achieve happiness in life meeting every friday nights and sunday mornings
What it reported doing in 2025
Teaching buddhism, meditation to apply and achieve happiness in life
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262734802
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Mesa, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4805843681
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,220
- Expenses
- $51,122
- Assets
- $322,587
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.9%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.31; rating input score 87; 87th 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: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.9% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2024 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- MAY D VU (President)
- PAUL CAO (OFFICER)
- JESSE NGUYEN (OFFICER)
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 2025.