Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472893587
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Pomona, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9095956545
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $459
- Expenses
- $54,600
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joanna Chen Chia Ho (President)
People named in this filing
- Li Ying Chiang (Secretary/CFO)
- Raymond Sheng Lei (Signing Officer)
- Joanna Chen Chia Ho (President)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote Buddhist teachings; and to offer spiritual guidance, classes, meditation and activities to enhance peach and harmony; and to foster Buddhist preachers by providing Buddhist education programs and facilities for Buddhist Practitioners in the United States of America, Canada and worldwide. Grant the donated funds to overseas (ie, Canada, Taiwan and etc)for promote and develop Buddhist teachings centers and schools.
What it reported doing in 2019
To promote Buddhist teachings ; and to offer spiritual guidance, classes, meditation and activities to enhance peach and harmony; and to foster Buddhist preachers by providing Buddhist education programs and facilities for Buddhist practitioners in the united states of America, Canada, and worldwide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11,795.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -141.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -99.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.