American Zen Association
Overview
Mission
To educate the public of the benefits of chan meditation and chan exercise enabling everyone to live well and, in turn, making the world a better place.
What it reported doing in 2015
Various educational programs to promote the benefits of chan meditation and chan exercise.
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
- 330936614
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Headquarters
- Tustin, CA, USA
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 37.7%; rating input score 38
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -539.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -97.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -64.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -77.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 37.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $275 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2012 to 2015
- 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.