Vietnamese Unified Buddhist Association at Illinois
Overview
Mission
Vuba welcomes everyone and anyone who would like to learn and understand about buddhist beliefs and teachings. Vuba opens our hearts and minds to strengthen and offer serenity to peoples lives.
What it reported doing in 2021
Religious services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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
- 364467488
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021
- Headquarters
- Elmwood Park, IL, USA
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 24
- Transparency & Controls: 53
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 22.5%; rating input score 22
- Program expense ratio: 25.7%; rating input score 26
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.8%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 10.45; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 22.5% of revenue deployed · 25.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
- Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2011 to 2021
- 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.