Westchester Meditation Center
Legal name: Westchester Buddhist Center
Overview
Mission
To provide a public gathering center for regular meditation practice, lectures, educational seminars, and instruction, and to support senior teachers and preserve the lineage and tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Intention** : As one progresses through these stages of practice and study, one may begin to see that the Buddhist path is their personal path and feel it is appropriate to make a formal commitment to this path of practice and study. One can formalize one’s commitment to the Buddhist path by taking Refuge Vows. At the Westchester Meditation Center the requirement for this is a daily practice for at least six months. As well, students may also be inspired to take part in the community aspect of WMC, by supporting our mission with volunteer service, joining our loosely defined team. Our various weekly meetings and our special events where we host other teachers depend entirely...
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual weeklong meditation retreat to study and practice teachings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 88% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273241886
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Headquarters
- Irvington, NY, United States
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the website provides limited evidence of results.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.3%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- 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
- Public governance controls: 4 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.9%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.94; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 48.3% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.