America Dhamma Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815052022
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Ellijay, GA, USA
Phone
4046417227
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,550
Expenses
$42,390
Assets
$664,208
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Amanda Liu (Treasurer, Dir.)
  • Wen Wang (Vice Pres, Dir)
  • Tsaepyng Shen (Pres, Dir)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is:-To practice and propagate the Lord Buddhas Teachings (the Dhamma) for wisdom, harmony and the alleviation of suffering for all.-To organize Dhamma and humanitarian projects to promote public goodwill and civic duty.-To provide aid for disaster and crisis relief around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our 2025 accomplishments included: - Intensive satipaththanan meditation retreat Jan 14th 11th, 2025- Vesak Ceremony May 6th, 2025- Weekend 2-Day meditation practice with Sayalay Sudassi May 24th May 25th, 2025, Jun 21st Jun 22nd, 2025.- Using Sutta and Abhidhamma to support your meditation by Venerable Jinaratana Jul 26th, Aug 3rd, Sep 7th, and Sep 21st, 2025- The Buddha and His Great Disciples by Sayadaw U Kumarabhivamsa since Aug 26th, 2023, on 2nd and 4th Saturday of the Month.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.6%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.67; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 49.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.6% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.