Choe Khor Ling Foundation Inc
Overview
Mission
The oranization provides outreach ministry program that preaches and teaches the mahayana path of buddhism while also provides benevolent assistance to individuals and families in need.
What it reported doing in 2025
The oranization provides outreach ministry program that preaches and teaches the mahayana path of buddhism and valuable life lessions. This is accomplished through online dharma teachings, a nyungne retreat, and providing a place of sanctuary with flowers and light offerings. The organization also provides benevolent assistance to those in need in the community as part of the outtreach ministry
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824412436
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Headquarters
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.5%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.41; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.5% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 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.