Huong Sen Buddhist Temple - Chùa Hương Sen
Legal name: Huong Sen Buddhist Temple
Overview
Mission
Chùa Hương Sen là một trung tâm tu học theo lời dạy của Đức Phật, hỗ trợ việc tu học/phát triển tâm linh và thực hành thiện lành; đồng thời tổ chức các hoạt động như nghiên cứu Phật pháp, chia sẻ Phật pháp và các khóa tu/niệm Phật A Di Đà.
What it reported doing in 2025
Fee for services other all other contributions, gifts, grants and similar amounts not icluded above
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
- 371605292
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2025
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
- Headquarters
- Perris, CA, USA
- Rating
- 79
- 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. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and the website provides limited evidence of results.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 4 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 11.21; rating input score 67; 67th 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: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2019 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.