Long Beach Meditation

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose is for teacher-led practice of meditation and mindful awareness.this organization provides on-going instruction in walking and sitting meditation as well as dharma talks and discussions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Long beach meditation offers weekly sunday, monday, wednesday, and friday meditation classes and talks as well as full moon meditations, half-day and full-day retreats, and corporate programs. Attendance varies. Some events are donation based and others are fee-based. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Our programs are offered in person and online.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300342420
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Phone
5624486887
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,088
Expenses
$82,352
Assets
$49,921
Liabilities
$3,525

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.8%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 38

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: 0.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.8% of revenue deployed · 38.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • BRANDON SALCIDO (CHAIRPERSON)
  • WENDY DANBURY (VICE CHAIRPERSON)
  • STEFANIE KISEN FREDELLA (TREASURER)

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.