Quan Am Tinh Vien

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463474591
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
5012499905
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Reported finances

Revenue
$240,080
Expenses
$230,011
Assets
$451,296
Liabilities
$111,548

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOANG KHANH TRAN (V PRESIDENT TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SANG DINH (DIRECTOR/CHAIRMAN): $18,000 total reported compensation
  • HOANG KHANH TRAN (V PRESIDENT TREASURER): $18,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To nbsp; establish nbsp; a nbsp; place nbsp; of nbsp; worship nbsp; study nbsp; and nbsp; practice nbsp; for nbsp; buddhist nbsp; members nbsp; to nbsp; proliferate nbsp; the nbsp; teaching nbsp; of nbsp; buddha nbsp; to nbsp; practice nbsp; a nbsp; lifestyle nbsp; of nbsp; compassionate nbsp; non-violence nbsp; of nbsp; mindful nbsp; consciousness nbsp; as nbsp; the nbsp; underlying nbsp; foundation nbsp; for nbsp; the nbsp; spiritual nbsp; and nbsp; insightful nbsp; life nbsp; of nbsp; buddhism

What it reported doing in 2025

Religious services

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 92% 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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 9
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $230K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Fund balance restriction sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.