Bodhi Buddharealm Society

Analysis

Bodhi Buddharealm Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ana, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2014, 12 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, Bodhi Buddharealm Society reported income of $4.5m and spending of $916k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $440k to $4.5m (+926%), an average of +79% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bodhi Buddharealm Society sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BSF International LLC ($4.5m), Building Hope in the City ($4.5m) and Julie Green Ministries ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 105% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13.0m against liabilities of $6.8m, net assets of $6.2m.