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AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC

AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,900 to it, the largest being DENNIS MING-HONG CHEN FOUNDATION ($55,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$460k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$56k
Net assets
$4.2M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What American Bodhi Center Inc does

Mission

American bodhi center is a multifunctional retreat center that promotes peace, mindfulness, and the sharing of buddhist culture and ideas between the chinese-american and other communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Retreat Program is conducted by Ven. Katapunno and consists of sitting and walking meditation followed by Dharma Talk & Discussion.

    $22,194 spent$50,525 earned by the program
    50% of program spending

  2. Buddhist Youth Camp provides four days courses and adult camp. The Program aims to purify thought and body, help young people explore Buddhism and grow in wisdom and self-esteem.

    $15,529 spent$16,425 earned by the program
    35% of program spending

  3. Qing Ming Festival provides memorial services for deceased. In Buddhism, other than remembering and honoring ancestors, it teaches people to accumulate the goodwill for afterlife.

    $668 spent$38,650 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

  4. Other activities to support exempt purpose, such as Organic Garden Tour, Scholarship, religious publications and other events.

    $6,388 spent$6,999 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $44,779.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($775k) Expenses 100 ($600k) Net assets 100 ($3.7M)2019 Revenue 124 ($957k) Expenses 95 ($571k) Net assets 110 ($4.1M)2020 Revenue 86 ($668k) Expenses 70 ($418k) Net assets 117 ($4.4M)2021 Revenue 37 ($287k) Expenses 81 ($484k) Net assets 112 ($4.2M)2022 Revenue 51 ($392k) Expenses 65 ($390k) Net assets 112 ($4.2M)2023 Revenue 70 ($544k) Expenses 81 ($486k) Net assets 113 ($4.2M)2024 Revenue 59 ($460k) Expenses 77 ($461k) Net assets 113 ($4.2M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (59)Expenses (77)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.2M to $4.2M (−19%).

$4.6M
$5.0M
$5.2M
$4.2M
$4.2M
$4.8M
$5.0M
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

66% of AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$175k
’18
$387k
’19
$250k
’20
−$197k
’21
$2k
’22
$58k
’23
−$979
’24
17
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed8888888
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $29k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve16.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Texas

Tue Quang Buddhist Temple Inc81%Meditation Center of Texas80%Phuoc Duc Buddhist Cultural Center Inc80%Huyen Quang Buddhist Youth Associat80%Blue Haven Youth Camp Inc79%Buddhism Academy77%Camp Agape77%Srm US Inc77%

Nationally

The Tibet Center Inc86%Metropolitan Buddhist Center Inc83%Mountain Spirit Center Inc82%Kwan Yin Meditation Temple Inc82%Bozeman Dharma Center82%Hue Quang Buddhist Center82%Bodhivastu Foundation for Enlightened Activity81%American Buddhist Study Center Inc81%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

12% of spending goes to programs.

Program 12%Management 88%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TX

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC?
AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,900 to it, the largest being DENNIS MING-HONG CHEN FOUNDATION ($55,900). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $55,900 in grants to AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC?
DENNIS MING-HONG CHEN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN BODHI CENTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing