Burmese Buddhist Association

Analysis

Burmese Buddhist Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Elmhurst, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1985, 41 years ago. 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, Burmese Buddhist Association reported income of $61k and spending of $28k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $50k to $61k (+20%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Burmese Buddhist Association sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley Lodge ($61k), Pinnacle Foundation ($61k) and Belle Zeller Scholarship Trust Fund ($61k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% of the total. At year end it held assets of $163k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $163k.