Dhamma Patapa
Legal name: Southeast Vipassana Association Inc
Overview
Mission
To provide a safe environment where persons of varying races, identities, experiences, and abilities can learn and become established in the Vipassana meditation technique, a non-sectarian technique taught by the Buddha more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills.
What it reported doing in 2024
Largest program service offered are the residential educational courses and student meetings at various locations throughout the 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
- 810602207
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Jesup, GA, United States
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
- 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 website provides limited financial reporting.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.4%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 3 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 60
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 36.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 6.55; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 65.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $609K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.