Amitabha House of the United States Inc
Overview
Mission
Providing a parsonage to dharma master(s) holding group studies on Saturdays, led by a dharma master, in order to meditate, chant the Amitabha name, and pray for world peace, and conducting any or all lawful affairs for which corporations may be incorporated
What it reported doing in 2024
We hold group practice every Saturday from 10am-4:30pm for around 20 members each time. We also have daily practice hold via zoom every morning and evening. We hosted a 6-day religious retreat in December 2024 with 40-50 people. We provided parsonage to a dharma master.
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
- 850546249
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Headquarters
- Falls Church, VA, USA
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about leaders and governance practices and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.2%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 1.37; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 57.2% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 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.