Tinh That Hanh Nguyen Buddhist Center
Overview
Mission
To nbsp; promote nbsp; and nbsp; propagate nbsp; the nbsp; noble nbsp; doctrine nbsp; of nbsp; buddha nbsp; to nbsp; provide nbsp; guidance nbsp; for nbsp; virtuous nbsp; behavior nbsp; and nbsp; the nbsp; worthiness nbsp; of nbsp; the nbsp; buddha apos; s nbsp; teaching
What it reported doing in 2025
Religious events open to the public and members during the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for member benefits.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815453653
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Headquarters
- Rosharon, TX, 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 the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 29
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
- 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: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: Limited
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 16.72; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2020 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.