American Buddhist Fellowship Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271692482
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Alhambra, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6266521198
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $140,066
- Expenses
- $67,934
- Assets
- $463,427
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To develop and expand the education of buddha's doctrine by systematic planning and united effort.
What it reported doing in 2012
1. Emperor liang ceremony in august, we had a grand temple opening in august 23, 2012, followed by seven-day big puja. This ceremony prays for the peace on earth and well being of humanity, also we pray for our ancestors to be born in western paradise.2. Bi-weekly chanting and dharma talk held every month in the first and third sunday morning at kwan yin meditation temple.3. Bi-weekly dharma talk held every month in the first and third saturday evening at amida society.4. Buddhist funeral service , hospital visit and psychological counseling.5. Organizing international buddhist dialog in hong kong in october of this year.
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 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.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.5%; rating input score 3
- Program expense ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 5
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.5%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.82; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 46.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 35.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 83.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.5% of revenue deployed · 5.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2012
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.