Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association Washington
Overview
Mission
To improve the quality of people and build a pure land on earth.
What it reported doing in 2024
To return to the original mind of Buddha and promote the purification of the world.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 95% of its reported program work directly.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300352591
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Woodinville, WA, USA
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 92
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 8.5%; rating input score 8
- Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 93.1%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 117.16; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -77.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 8.5% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
- 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.