Wat Lao Buddharangsy
Overview
Mission
To maintain Loatian religious values in the US
What it reported doing in 2024
Worship services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770102421
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Ceres, CA, USA
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,604
- Expenses
- $104,604
- Assets
- $201,936
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 6
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.8%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 9.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024.