The Bodhidharma Foundation of America
Overview
Mission
To promote the understanding, study and practice of zen meditation and appreciation of bodhidharma as the symbolic founder of zen buddhism.
What it reported doing in 2024
Distributions of dvds that promote the understanding, study and practice of zen meditation and appreciation of bodhidharma as the symbolic founder of zen buddhism.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562610026
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Headquarters
- Woodland Hills, CA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
- This form does not report enough financial and governance detail to rate the organization. That is normal for this form and is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 87.8%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 10.83; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: -21.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 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.