Dhamma Joti Meditation Center

Analysis

Dhamma Joti Meditation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Baldwin Park, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 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, Dhamma Joti Meditation Center reported income of $58k and spending of $79k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $46k to $58k (+26%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dhamma Joti Meditation Center sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 25th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yuan Yuan Educational Foundation ($58k), Generation Word Ministries ($58k) and Child Evangelism Fellowship of Bradford County Inc ($58k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6,714 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $6,714.