Vatt Khmer Lowell & Khmer American Cultural Center Inc
Overview
Mission
The mission of our organization is to educate and promote Cambodian cultural heritage and also the teaching of Theravada Buddhism to the Cambodian diaspora community members in the greater Lowell, Massachusetts community and beyond
What it reported doing in 2021
A 2-day Khmer new year celebration where we spent on supplies, food, water, rental of tent, chairs and tables, cultural performances, security, Buddhist blessing, paying tribute to parents/grandparents and ancestors.
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
- 831553702
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2021
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021
- Headquarters
- Lowell, MA, USA
- Rating
- 32
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 14
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 26
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.5%; rating input score 8
- Program expense ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 9
- Fundraising efficiency: $25.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
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: 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: 28.6%; rating input score 29; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 7.5% of revenue deployed · 8.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.