Dhamma Joti Meditation Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 330732746
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Baldwin Park, CA, USA
Phone: 6263370056
Rating: 81
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Buddhism
Affiliation: Buddhism

Reported finances

Revenue: $60,289
Expenses: $60,499
Assets: $11,531
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Gunissara Ashin (Ceo)

People named in this filing

THEIN HTOO AUGN (Board member)
Gunissara Ashin (Ceo)

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

This is a religious corporation which purpose is to practice Buddhist religion and to teach meditation to help people to obtain peace love and happiness

What it reported doing in 2025

This is a religious group that teaches meditation to promote peace love and tranquility.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 93
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 39
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 93.4%; rating input score 93
Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -29.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 93.4% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

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High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.