Pariyatti
Overview
Mission
Publication and distribution of books and media related to Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka and Theravada Buddhism. Pilgrimages and Pali workshops for students of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N Goenka.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sales to individuals, libraries, universities, and monasteries of printed and digital materials about Buddhism and Vipassana meditation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800038336
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Onalaska, WA, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.3; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $600K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.