Linh Quang Buddhist Center

Overview

Mission

This is a Dharma Buddhist temple designed to bring the Buddhist religion to parishioners in Los Angeles and Santa Clara Counties.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cost of operating

Operating model

Revenue model
Contribution and grant supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and grants. The filing reports them as one total, so it does not say how much was granted.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465608265
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Headquarters
Hawthorne, CA, USA
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Operating reserve ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 62.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 150.5% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $199K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • 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.