Yellow Springs Dharma Center
Overview
Mission
The Yellow Springs Dharma Center supports the development of wisdom and compassion grounded in the teachings and practices of the Buddha Dharma, and provides opportunities for meditation instruction, regular group practice, book discussions, retreats, work practice, gardening, and Dharma talks from Buddhist traditions.
What it reported doing in 2025
Sponsorship of residential retreats for meditation and study, meditation and practices for three major Buddhist traditions, private retreat services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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
- 311382773
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Yellow Springs, OH, USA
- Phone
- 9374777769
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $115,819
- Expenses
- $112,784
- Assets
- $299,359
- Liabilities
- $934
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.7%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.65; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 96.7% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $107K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 annual filings from 2021 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- Robert Pryor (Officer, Trustee)
- Dianeah Wanicek (Officer, Agent)
- Katie Egart (Secretary)
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.