Tam Nguyen Temple Iii
Overview
Mission
Practice and develop bhuddhism theory
What it reported doing in 2024
Praying ceremonies offering events
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
- 452522686
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Indio, CA, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 30
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- 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: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.03; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $719K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2012 to 2024
- 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.