Falun Dafa Association of New England (FDANE)

Legal name: Falun Dafa Association of Rhode Island

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452947880
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2016
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
East Greenwich, RI, USA
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$244,004
Expenses
$202,914
Assets
$2,158
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MAI HE (DIRECTOR)
  • ALBERT D IANNOTTI (DIRECTOR)
  • JOY HE (SECRETARY)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Falun Dafa Association of New England (FDANE) works to promote understanding of Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) in the New England area, expose persecution of this peaceful cultivation practice, and promote Traditional Chinese Culture through Shen Yun. The Falun Dafa Association of New England (FDANE) plans, organizes and undertakes activities throughout the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Such activities are designed to accomplish the following educational and other objectives: To raise public awareness of the practice of Falun Dafa – also known as Falun Gong – a mind and body cultivation practice including 5 sets of gentle exercises and meditation, and three core principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance.

What it reported doing in 2016

Advertising and promotion 69,668 Occupancy 58,109 Travel 8,270 Contract Payment 6,497 Licenses 20 Performing Event 44,900 Printing Reproduction 1,473 Postage Delivery for Event 11,896

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $201K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.