Tibetcenter
Overview
Mission
Art and cultural activities relating to Tibet and Buddhist organizations. Speakers and art demonstrators on Tibet. Activities on Healthy Body Healthy involving Tibetan Buddhist scholars and scientists and psychologists.Felicitating workshops, seminars on mental trainings. Distribution of widely appreciated TIBETeducators. Traveling Exhibits in and around Chicago, including Wisconsin and Indiana.
What it reported doing in 2021
Other than a few yoga classes, distribution of TIBETeducator and lending of books on Tibet, the Dalai Lama, and Tibetan Buddhism, the center could not organize programs as in the earlier years because of the covid-19 pandemic, that restricted gathering of public, traveling of Tibetan scholars from India. The center is starting with its regular programs beginning Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364282929
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2015
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Rating
- 32
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st 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: -34.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 5.72; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 59.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.