Buddhist Forest Meditation Center

Analysis

Buddhist Forest Meditation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Landers, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 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, Buddhist Forest Meditation Center reported income of $66k and spending of $39k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $71k to $66k (-7.3%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Buddhist Forest Meditation Center sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church of God Help of Delivrance Ambassador for ($66k), Sikh Sevak Society ($66k) and Lift Jesus Higher Ministries ($66k).

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 $588k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $588k.