The San Jose Cambodian Buddhist Society Inc
Overview
Mission
To preserve our Cambodian culture especially Buddhism for cambodian people who livein San Jose and the Bay Area.The older folks can feel like home with all year roundactivities and it's a place for them to worship or meet other fellows Cambodians.For the younger Cambodians, it's a place where they can observe and learn aboutcambodian culture. We observe most of special festivities that are normally celebrated in Cambodia, such as New Year, Pchum Ben, Kathin Tean, etc.
What it reported doing in 2025
We organize most of cambodian special festivities that are normally celebrated in Cambodia, such as New Year, Pchum Ben, Kathin Tean, etc...
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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
- 770121002
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Website checked
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 41.3%; rating input score 41
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- 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
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -60.8%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 40.14; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -22.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 41.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2015 to 2025
- 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.