法禅寺 Fa Chan Temple
Legal name: Fa Chan Temple
Overview
Mission
Fa Chan Temple is described as following the authentic Tathagata teachings of Namo Sakyamuni Buddha, Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions.
Fa Chan Temple is a Buddhist temple that describes itself as following the authentic Tathagata teachings of Namo Sakyamuni Buddha, Namo Dorje Chang Buddha III, and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions. The organization operates from its listed location in Hesperia, California and provides a public contact email address.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811287198
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Hesperia, CA, USA
- Rating
- 23
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
REVIEW - The strongest available result is that the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 3
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 3.6%; rating input score 4
- Program expense ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 2
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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: Limited
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.2%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 20.29; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -80.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 3.6% of revenue deployed · 2.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: Filed program service accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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.