Chinese Friendship Asstn Inc

Overview

Mission

Managing chinese buddhist temple

What it reported doing in 2025

Managing the chinese buddhist temple. Promoting the observation of chinese culture & tradition. Facilitating the mutual assistance to chinese elderly.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330253876
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Headquarters
San Diego, CA, USA
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Affiliation
Buddhism

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.2%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.8%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 12.92; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.2% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 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.