World Buddhist Preaching Association of USA

Analysis

World Buddhist Preaching Association of USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 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, World Buddhist Preaching Association of USA reported income of $605k and spending of $2.1m, spending 340% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $189k to $605k (+220%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 880%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, World Buddhist Preaching Association of USA sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mehr Reformed Ministries Inc ($605k), Vaad Hakohol Deschunas Crown Heights ($605k) and Hermanas Del Corazon de Jesus Sacramentado ($605k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $62k, net assets of $2.7m.