California · Nonprofit
TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA
TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,000 to it, the largest being BUILDING FUTURES FOUNDATION ($23,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $736k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Tao and Zen Society of USA does
Mission
Main purposes are teaching basic concept of Taoism, spread awarensese of mdiation, and gain a healthy life in body, mind and spirit.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Spiritual Retreat:This class introduce students to an ancient gentle Chinese exercise that promotes physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.Worship Ceremony Expense:Every year near the Sanguan Emperor's birthday, our organization will hold a grand ceremony celebration, the believers will prepare the offerings to the Ceremony to worship, pray for peace, disaster relief.Buddhist Lecture Event :There are three parts in each class:Essentials of practice-the practical slogan of the ancestors;Introduction of the sects - introduction of the major sects of Buddhism;Health time - health care essence.
$9,745 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,745.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.8M (+67%).
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.
100% of TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Janice Yeh
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA’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
TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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
100% of TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA: 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 TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA?
- TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,000 to it, the largest being BUILDING FUTURES FOUNDATION ($23,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $33,000 in grants to TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA?
- BUILDING FUTURES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $23,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TAO AND ZEN SOCIETY OF USA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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