Benevolent Buddhist Temple Inc
Overview
Mission
To promote the philosophy and teachings of buddhistm to maintain a place of worship for all individuals that desire to fullfill the words of buddha to impart spiritual education and give spiritual support
What it reported doing in 2025
Grants
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264303387
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Headquarters
- Bethesda, MD, USA
- Rating
- 53
- 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 3.73; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2018 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.