Chi Jen Foundation
Overview
Mission
The mission of the foundation is to educate the general public, to promulgate the gospel and the truths of buddha, to establish a temple and to work with other temple organisations to achieve these results.
What it reported doing in 2024
Bhuddist ministry in the greater houston, Texas and the seattle, Washington, metropolitan areas spreading the word of buddhism through preaching, teaching and conducting worship services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 81% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760646514
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX, USA
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 48
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -63.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 6.58; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.6% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.