Saddhamma Meditation Society
Overview
Mission
Propagating the Buddhist teachings and guiding Vipassanā meditation according to the Theravāda Buddhist tradition.
What it reported doing in 2016
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Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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
- 270773684
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2016
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016
- Headquarters
- Bumpass, VA, United States
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and the website provides limited evidence of results.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 71
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 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: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
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: 4 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 80
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 7.75; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2013 to 2016
- 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.