Star Lake Meditation Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934226401
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Perry, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9472189191
- Rating
- 38
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,549
- Expenses
- $40,838
- Assets
- $397,827
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jinhua Zhou (President)
People named in this filing
- Jinhua Zhou (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization propagates Buddha Dharma Michigan, helping the masses enter the door of Buddha Dharma, helping them know the Buddha and learn from the Buddha, help them understand the importance of upholding the precepts, guiding them to practice Buddha Dharma, helping them to know the truth of the universe and see through problems they encounter in their life, helping them relieve their pain and go through difficulties. The organization holds meditation sessions Michigan, introducing different meditation techniques to the masses, helping them learn these skills so that they can practice to gain a peaceful mind in their daily life, lessen worries, and live an easier life. The organization organizes pilgrimage trips to India when situation allows. Helping those who have affinity with the Buddha to reconnect with the Buddha, to resonate with the Buddha, so they can better learn from the Buddha.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization promote Buddhist Diet cuisines.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -225.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.74; rating input score 91; 91st 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: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 71.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.