Arizona · Nonprofit
Zen Desert Sangha Inc
Zen Desert Sangha Inc (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $73,138 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ($73,138). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $118k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $73k
- Net assets
- $223k
What Zen Desert Sangha Inc does
Mission
Zen Desert Sangha is a lay Buddhist meditation group affiliated with the Diamond Sangha. We offer a variety of meditation times retreats and activities and open our doors to anyone interested.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2024 we had 15 teacher led talks serving 20-30 participants each session. We offered 5 full day meditation retreats that served 20-30 participants and 2 multi-day retreats that served 10-12 per session. We saw 2 annual ceremonies and 5 social gatherings including campfires and poetry events.
$1,392 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $1,392.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Zen Desert Sangha 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 Zen Desert Sangha Inc'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $73k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Zen Desert Sangha Inc runs a healthier operating margin 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 Zen Desert Sangha 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Zen Desert Sangha Inc: 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 Zen Desert Sangha Inc?
- Zen Desert Sangha Inc (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $73,138 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ($73,138). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Zen Desert Sangha Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $73,138 in grants to Zen Desert Sangha Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Zen Desert Sangha Inc?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA is the largest funder on record, with $73,138 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Zen Desert Sangha Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2024–2024), 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