The Buddha Panna Society
Overview
Mission
The organizations primary purpose was to establish the permanent place of buddhism worship, teaching buddhist scripture etc.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organizations primary purpose was to establish the permanent place of buddhism worship, teaching buddhist scripture, providing religious solance to all buddhist disciples, conseling, religious instruction chanting meditation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 89% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311623979
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013
- Headquarters
- Pomona, CA, USA
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 76
- 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: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- 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: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 13.14; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 11 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2014 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.