California · Nonprofit
The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center
The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $145,911 to it, the largest being THE SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION IN SAN JOSE ($145,911). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $445k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $146k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center does
Mission
Meditation,Religious Service,Public Charity and Advocacy of Veganism and humane treatment of animals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
2024 Shining World Compassion Awards were presented to 11 individuals/organizations to honor their commitments to preservation of animal,advocating for animal-human rights,promotion of vegan foods. Total amount of awards was $203,000 in 2024.In 2024, the organization spreading the words of Love,Vegan, Environmentalism and Global humanitarianism of Supreme Master to the Middle East thru SMCH TV and internet, sharing good news and cultures between people of the region in order to promote peace.
$370,161 spent100% of program spendingWeekly meditation and teaching of the Supreme Master Ching Hai to members and the public at the organization's retreat Center in Peris,California. Since 2006, the organization created its own television program named Supreme Master Television (SMTV) to be broadcasted 24 hours around the world via internet. In 2024, SMTV started its broadcasting in the Middle East for the first time.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $370,161.
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.
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 $1.2M to $1.0M (−19%).
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.
99% of The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Tsung-Liang Lin
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center’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 The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center's grant income comes from California funders.
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
The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center: 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 The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center?
- The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $145,911 to it, the largest being THE SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION IN SAN JOSE ($145,911). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $145,911 in grants to The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center.
- Who is the largest funder of The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center?
- THE SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION IN SAN JOSE is the largest funder on record, with $145,911 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Los Angeles Center 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 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