Chicago Buddhist Vihara Inc

Analysis

Chicago Buddhist Vihara Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Oswego, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Chicago Buddhist Vihara Inc reported income of $76k and spending of $69k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $82k to $76k (-6.8%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Chicago Buddhist Vihara Inc sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rio Collective ($76k), Catholic Liturgical Ensemble Formation ($76k) and Vaad Hakashrus of Buffalo Inc ($76k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $608k against liabilities of $49k, net assets of $559k.