Independent Broadcast Congregation Dntv
Overview
Mission
Help the general public
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463448186
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
- Headquarters
- Westminster, CA, USA
- Rating
- 63
- 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 50
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th 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; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: -0.43; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $204K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2020 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.