Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society

Analysis

Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Pomona, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 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, Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society reported income of $115k and spending of $759k, spending 658% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $534k to $115k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 471%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Biblical Studies Released Time Inc ($115k), Agape Medical Mission America Inc ($115k) and Hope for the Hollow ($115k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $130, net assets of $1.2m.