Friends of Buddha Fellowship Incorporated
Overview
Mission
To raise awareness of rural development issues in inida in farming, healthcare, nutrition, education, and environment sectors, and raise and distribute funds to buddha fellowship initiatives and programs that attract, mentor and enable development entrepreneurs, also known as buddha fellows, to build sustainable organizations focused exclusively on taking the rural development issues and uplifting the livelihood of poor communities in india.
What it reported doing in 2025
Raise funds for the buddha fellowship - the friends of buddha fellowship is focused on raising funds in the us for program 1. Buddha institute identifies and nurtures development entrepreneurs who add value for the greater good towards a progressive, inclusive india and the world. We believe in compassionate entrepreneurship. Please join us in supporting indian youth to make a measurable difference in the lives of rural poor. It's time to accelerate change.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873774362
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Headquarters
- Newton, MA, USA
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
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: 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: -19.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.26; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 52.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $198K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2022 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.