Fresno Buddhist Association
Overview
Mission
Organization's mission is to give to the community homeless and organizations monetary and non-monetary donations, help build needed water equipment and shelter through missionary works, and to continue the practice of buddhism through meetings with other individuals and organizations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Program service included helping the homeless by distributing food and supplies in the community along with other organizations and help building shelter through other missionary works.
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
- 364889539
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Headquarters
- Sanger, CA, USA
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.7%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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; 65th 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: 5.3%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 6.34; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.7% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 annual filings from 2018 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.