Sino-american Buddhist Association Lingshan Temple Inc
Overview
Mission
To promote Buddhist belief
What it reported doing in 2025
To conduct interfaith temple service
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030494963
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
- Headquarters
- Elmhurst, NY, USA
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 24
- Sustainability: 93
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 13.7%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 92.5%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 67.37; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 13.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2011 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.