Tien Tao Chee Fa Buddhist Association Inc

Analysis

Tien Tao Chee Fa Buddhist Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Monterey Park, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1998, 28 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, Tien Tao Chee Fa Buddhist Association Inc reported income of $87k and spending of $57k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $101k to $87k (-14%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Tien Tao Chee Fa Buddhist Association Inc sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 35th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans Heart Inc ($87k), Camp Liberty ($87k) and People Launching of North Carolina ($87k).

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 $576k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $576k.