Universal Buddhist Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201918009
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Santa Ana, CA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,460
- Expenses
- $24,501
- Assets
- $320,099
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDY KAOH (President & CEO)
People named in this filing
- ANDY KAOH (President & CEO)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To engage in the Buddhist activities
What it reported doing in 2024
Buddhist activities were held during the tax year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -348.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.06; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 53.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.