Lumbini Buddha Dhamma Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853822573
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Sandston, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8046588405
- Rating
- 49
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $62,875
- Expenses
- $36,314
- Assets
- $138,734
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dr Ven Obhasa (President)
- David Lye (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dr Ven Obhasa (Dhamma teacher)
- Dr Ven Obhasa (President)
- Douglas Tun Min (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
Religious teaching, practicing dhamma and hold Myanmar traditional and cultural events.
What it reported doing in 2025
Celebrated Water Festival. The event was the biggest event and able to introduce Burmese traditions and cultures to young generations who were born in the United State. Several important Buddha Events were held to promote Buddhism to the devotees. They were very successful events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for member benefits.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 14.2%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 25
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.82; rating input score 79; 79th 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: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 14.2% of revenue deployed · 24.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 25/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.