Viet-america Buddhist Association
Overview
Mission
The mission of Viet-America Buddhist Association DBA Pho Da Temple is to propagate the Buddha's teachings by providing religious worshiping services, Buddhism workshops and meditation sessions to the Vietnamese American community in Memphis, TN and surrounding areas.
What it reported doing in 2011
Vietnamese New Year
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
- 621783398
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Memphis, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9012660935
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,318
- Expenses
- $71,600
- Assets
- $24,191
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.3%; rating input score 29
- Program expense ratio: 32.8%; rating input score 33
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -68.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 29.3% of revenue deployed · 32.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 29/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011.