International Bhiksu Buddhist Association

Analysis

International Bhiksu Buddhist Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 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 2022, International Bhiksu Buddhist Association reported income of $66k and spending of $166k, spending 250% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income fell from $389k to $66k (-83%), an average of -59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, International Bhiksu Buddhist Association 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 27th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delmarva Walk to Emmaus ($66k), Barrier of the National Association of Free Will Baptist ($67k) and Bridgebuilders of Mid-America Inc ($66k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $763k against liabilities of $341k, net assets of $422k.