Thien Phap Monastery

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922815589
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Semmes, AL, USA
Phone
9545982505
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,000
Expenses
$29,116
Assets
$53,536
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DUONG VAN LE (PRESIDENT)
  • HIEN T NGUYEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DUONG VAN LE (PRESIDENT)
  • HIEN T NGUYEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CERYS CY NGUYEN (TREASURER)

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

Thien phap monastery serve as a religious community devoted to prayer, contemplation, and the practice of spiritual in accordance with buddhist

What it reported doing in 2025

Thien phap monastery conduct regular religious services and educational programs open to the public, provide outreach and charitable support to individuals in need, preserve and promote religious texts, teachings, and traditions.

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

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • 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: 45.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 63; 63rd 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: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 57.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th 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 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.