Daoist Association USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454831541
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Estes Park, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9705773103
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $93,240
- Expenses
- $57,181
- Assets
- $91,446
- Liabilities
- $760
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- YUN XIANG TSENG (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- YUN XIANG TSENG (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL ANDERSON (SECRETARY)
- KRISTINA NALDJIAN (TREASURER)
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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The daoist association, USA (daousa) is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of wu dang daoist traditions, culture and religion in the united states. Daousa, through its virtual presence and the tai he temple, located at dao house in Colorado.
What it reported doing in 2017
The mission of daousa academy and leadership enrichment program is to provide the community a place and a context for exploring and sharing new ways of thinking, visioning, mindful - virtuous living and conscious self- cultivation, that draws inspiration from the daoist philosophy and from many other scientific and cultural traditions around the world.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.4%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 38.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.4% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.