Star River Meditation Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934659571
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Toledo, OH, USA
Phone
9472189191
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,172
Expenses
$33,529
Assets
$275,567
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 in Toledo, OH, helping the masses enter the door of Buddha Dharma, helping them know the Buddha and learn from the Buddha, helping them understand the importance of upholding the precepts, guiding them to practice Buddha Dharma. The organization hosts meditation sessions. This activity lines up with the organization's exempt purpose: Lead meditation sessions for those who like to meditate. Introduce different meditation techniques to the masses. Help 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. The organization plans to hold seminars and workshops to introduce Buddhist Diet to the masses in Toledo, OH or surrounding c

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization propagate the Buddha's teachings.

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. 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: 45
  • Growth: 20

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: -95.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.22; rating input score 90; 90th 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: -95.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.