The Us Mendicant Buddhist Congregat
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the religious organization is to propagate buddhism through its practice and to educate all sentient beings how to attain enlightenment and purification of the mind
What it reported doing in 2019
Weekly services occur every sunday, open to all members and visitors and general public for praying and meditation
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464131606
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Elk Grove, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9166283058
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,721
- Expenses
- $38,317
- Assets
- $157,135
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.8%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 22
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.1; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.8% of revenue deployed · 22.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2014 to 2019
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- HOC NGUYEN (PRESIDENT)
- BINH LE (SECRETARY)
- BAO HO (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019.