Kadampa Meditation Center Tampa Bay
Legal name: Parbawatiya Buddhist Center Inc
Overview
Mission
Jennifer has been a practitioner of Kadampa Buddhism since 2008, joined the Foundation Program in 2009 and Teacher Training Program in 2010. She has received empowerments and teachings directly from Geshe Kelsang Gyatso as well as other senior teachers of the NKT. She has attended and taught meditation classes at all levels of experience. In her own words, “Buddha’s teachings have changed my life. I’d like to help others use meditation to develop peaceful, happy minds.” Keith Conner Keith Conner.
What it reported doing in 2018
Meditation classes Eight classes per week, average attendance is 80 per week. Students learn to improve their mind and lives by training in meditation.
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
- 593452314
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2018
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Headquarters
- Safety Harbor, FL, United States
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - Most voting board members are independent 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: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 59
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 13
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th 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: 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
- 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: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 5.4; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 11% of revenue deployed · 12.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2015 to 2018
- 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.