Buddhist Blessing Association
Overview
Mission
The purpose of this organization is to teach meditation & study buddhism.
What it reported doing in 2016
Study buddhism.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472466382
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2016
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Headquarters
- Long Beach, CA, USA
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. The website gives limited detail about leaders and governance practices and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 23
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 22.6%; rating input score 23
- Program expense ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 24
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.71; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 78.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 67.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 22.6% of revenue deployed · 23.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2015 to 2016
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.