Njbv
Legal name: New Jersey Buddhist Vihara
Overview
Mission
Promote religiousness in the minds of people with emphasis on buddhist philosophical teachings; promote intercultural understanding, peace among nations and welfare activities benefit immigrants from asia; provide indoor and outdoor for buddhist devotees worshipping and conductin
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote religiousness in the minds of people with emphasis on buddhist philosophical teachings; promote intercultural understanding, peace among nations and welfare activities benefit immigrants from asia; provide indoor and outdoor for buddhist devotees worshipping and conducting religious activities.
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 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311802824
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Princeton, NJ, United States
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
REVIEW - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 3
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.5%; rating input score 3
- Program expense ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 4
- 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: 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.8%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 37.05; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -35.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 2.5% of revenue deployed · 3.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2016 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.