Sanghata

Legal name: Sanghata Foundation

Overview

Mission

Your open-hearted generosity offers monks the opportunity to devote their lives to meditation in a forest refuge.

What it reported doing in 2024

Facilitated teaching by resident monastics, both in-person and online. The Pacific Hermitage YouTube channel reached over 3000 subscribers, offering guided meditations and teaching.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272787286
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
White Salmon, WA, United States
Phone
509-416-6654
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,027
Expenses
$544,752
Assets
$159,867
Liabilities
$42

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.7%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -533.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 44.7% of revenue deployed · 7.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Scott Benge (President)
  • John Harrington (Treasurer)
  • Jessica Swanson (Vice President)

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 2024.