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 nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621783398
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2011
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Headquarters
- Memphis, TN, USA
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about leaders and governance practices and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 33
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
- 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
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.34; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
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.