Huyen Quang Buddhist Research Institute
Overview
Mission
With the desire to have a place to practice spiritual nurtue for the elderly ad educate the youth for a mindful life in the spirit of buddhism.
What it reported doing in 2024
For community to provided a spiritual home to buddhist practioners
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
- 821489216
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Royse City, TX, USA
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and the website gives limited detail about leaders and governance practices.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 59
- Accountability: 57
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.81; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 73.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 78.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $980K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2021 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.