American Dong Qi Tai Shan Buddha

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843490535
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9172083668
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,973
Expenses
$15,856
Assets
$4,019,675
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • QI WANG HUANG (MANAGER)

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

This company is committed to promoting and preserving religious culture through education, cultural exchange, and creative works. We seek to collaborate with religious and cultural organizations around the world to foster mutual understanding and cultural appreciation.

What it reported doing in 2025

AMERICAN DONG QI TAI SHAN BUDDHA FOUNDATION INC is committed to building a platform to promote and exchange Chinese culture and religious beliefs. We seek to collaborate with cultural and religious organizations around the world through educational, cultural, and charitable activities. The Organization accepts donations from supporters and community members. Our current ongoing project focuses on supporting the repair and maintenance of temples, with approximately 60% of the Organizations expenses allocated toward these activities. The Organization is organized exclusively for religious and charitable purposes. We are committed to supporting temple preservation and maintenance, protecting historical heritage, promoting and exchanging Chinese culture, and spreading Buddhist teachings and religious beliefs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -218.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 253.51; rating input score 98; 98th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -80.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 54% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.