Guanyin Tang Covina

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
332911501
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Covina, CA, USA
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,916
Expenses
$55,921
Assets
$16,995

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Allison Liu (President)
  • Xiuxiang Zhang (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Allison Liu (President)
  • Mi Hong Luong (Treasurer)
  • Jing Wen (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization was formed to provide religious charitable and community services through Buddhist teachings and spiritual practice. The organization conducts Buddhist study sessions religious gatherings community support activities and free vegetarian meal programs for the public. Services are provided primarily by volunteers and supported through public donations. The organizations primary goal is to promote compassion mindfulness inner peace and community harmony through religious and charitable activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Weekly vegetarian gatherings and video sharing sessions were conducted to provide free vegetarian meals and Buddhist educational programs to the public. The programs were designed to help individuals maintain inner peace and address challenges and difficulties in daily life through Buddhist teachings and spiritual guidance. Activities and services were organized and supported primarily by volunteers.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.4%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 10

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.3%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.4% of revenue deployed · 9.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.