California · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA
INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,437 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What International Bodhisattva Sangha does
Mission
To educate prison inmates in buddhism and meditation.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The organization's first service accomplishment is that a buddhist monk started the programs and supervises the instructional materials used by followers.
$1,094,440 spent$2,004,174 earned by the program97% of program spendingThe organization's third service accomplishment is that the organization has set up 21 libraries with dharma books in 8 california state prisons.
$18,420 spent2% of program spendingThe organization's secondary service accomplishment is the prison visitations throughout the california state prison system. In these visits inmates are taught the guidelines for living a new life through meditation.
$12,970 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,125,830.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $1.5M to $2.3M (+56%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Shun Fa Chuang
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $136.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA’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.
How concentrated its funding is
INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
71% of INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 37 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 37 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA?
- INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,437 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $10,437 in grants to INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL BODHISATTVA SANGHA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing