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 filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593452314
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2018
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Safety Harbor, FL, United States
Phone
(727) 797-9770
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,598
Expenses
$100,709
Assets
$543,825
Liabilities
$420,140

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • 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

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
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Gregory Goodman (Chairman)
  • Judithe Richards Nielsen (Officer)
  • Ron Caldwell (Officer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018.