Buddhism Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900866141
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 3153672613
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,815
- Expenses
- $65,580
- Assets
- $16,168
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- ANNA TRAN (SECRETARY)
- LESLIE TAN (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Buddhism Academy, offer retreat program at no charge, free distribution of materials (books, CDS, printings), Buddhist workshop, weekly service etc.
What it reported doing in 2025
Buddhism Academy, offer retreat program at no charge, free distribution of materials
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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 50.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $55K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.