Padmasambhava Peace Institute
Overview
Mission
An educational center providing retreat and study facilities for people interested in environmental stewardship and training in practices for peace.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization offers a multi-disciplinary approach of residential programs designed to develop the skills of active compassion, non-violent communication and living in harmony with ourselves, others and the environment.
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
- 050569638
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Cazadero, CA, USA
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.4%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 19.18; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.4% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $136K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2010 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.