Theravada Buddhism USA - ICTBUSA
Legal name: International Center for Theravada Buddhism
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 922403726
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- Haymarket, VA, United States
- Phone
- 703-853-2190
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,381
- Expenses
- $64,214
- Assets
- $31,565
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Chinthaka Hettitantri (President)
- Subhashini Hettige (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Chinthaka Hettitantri (President)
- Subhashini Hettige (Vice President)
- Chintha Jayaratna (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 primary exempt purpose of the International Center for Theravada Buddhism is to promote mental health and communal harmony among people living in the United States, Sri Lanka, and other parts of the world, and to share knowledge and maintain communication among the Theravada Buddhist community worldwide. As part of this purpose, the organization conducts discussions, meditation programs, educational teachings, community outreach, and charitable activities. The organization provides opportunities for the public to learn Buddhist philosophy, practice meditation, and participate in cultural and spiritual programs that support moral development, compassion, and community well-being. Our organization also supports poor Sri Lankan school children and their families who have been severely affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka.
What it reported doing in 2025
During the past year, our organization conducted monthly workshops and community programs to promote mindfulness and loving-kindness (Metta) meditation among the Sri Lankan American community. These programs focused on improving mental wellbeing, encouraging compassion, and strengthening communal harmony through meditation practice, educational discussions, and spiritual guidance based on the Theravada Buddhist tradition. The organization also provided financial assistance and scholarship opportunities to underprivileged school children in Sri Lanka whose families have been severely affected by the ongoing economic crisis. These efforts helped support access to education and basic needs for vulnerable students and their families. In addition, the organization funded an ongoing project to preserve and digitize ancient Sri Lankan and South Asian manuscripts so that they may be safeguarded for future generations. This initiative helps ensure that the knowledge accumulated over thousands of years, including traditional wisdom, cultural heritage, and historical know-how remains accessible to future generations. We also collaborated with our parent organization, Paramaththa Foundation in Sri Lanka, and sister organizations in the United Kingdom and Australia to advance our shared educational and cultural objectives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 31; 31st 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: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.