International Buddhist Education Foundation

Analysis

International Buddhist Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Gardena, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a private non-operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2021, International Buddhist Education Foundation reported income of $194k and spending of $280k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income fell from $1.6m to $194k (-88%), an average of -65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, International Buddhist Education Foundation sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 55th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Washington Career and Technical Sports Medicine Association ($194k), Behavioral Science and Policy Association ($194k) and Raising a Hand for Rett ($194k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.0m.