Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Tax-deductible

Berkeley, CA501(c)(3)ReligionEIN 94-3011277Revenue $94K in FY2024

On file with the IRSbpf.org2930 Domingo Ave 1324, 94705-2454 · Berkeley, CATax-exempt since Oct 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

Tell your story. Claim this org

Merging social justice work with socially engaged Buddhist principles.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
44¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

Before you give

FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $9K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
44%
of spending
Concern: 44% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$264K
to officers and key staff · 57% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 99% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 57% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $11K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$22K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$94K
-19% vs prior year
Spent
$464K
To programs
44%
Net assets
$419K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$94K
FY2024▼ -19%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$39K
FY2022$83K
FY2023$116K
FY2024$94K
Expenses
$464K
FY2024▲ +82%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$258K
FY2021$329K
FY2022$183K
FY2023$256K
FY2024$464K
Net assets
$419K
FY2024▼ -47%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$928K
FY2023$789K
FY2024$419K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1986.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

44 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 44% · $202K Management & general 26% · $118K Fundraising 31% · $143K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to fix it

Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $264K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Director of Programs and Partnerships
$86,902Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director of Resource Mobilization
$83,400Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director, Operations
$77,739Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$3,832Pt VII · Sec A
$3,727Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$2,874Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$2,491Pt VII · Sec A
Fundraising Chair
$2,355Pt VII · Sec A

Kate Johnson’s $87K as Co-Director of Programs and Partnerships is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 344 <$100K religion nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020
Kate Johnson$86,902———
Dani Padilla$83,400———
Saint Louis Daniellle$77,739———
Nathan Thompson——$64,373$50,316
Chika Okoye——$59,711$47,181
Katie Loncke——$50,465$59,646
Alex Rodriguez$2,491$5,795$8,320—
Sarah Nahar——$8,320—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

See Buddhist Peace Fellowship executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to fix it

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes social justice through Buddhist teachings and community action.

Questions for Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Tap to ask. Buddhist Peace Fellowship sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Buddhist Peace Fellowship answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

1 program · $202K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In 2024, Buddhist Peace Fellowship served over 2,000 participants over the course of 100 events, including 1) Refuge Circle: weekly online meditation and actions sessions that offered spiritual support during challenging times, 2) round table conversations and book launch events that brought together spirit-led teachers, organizers…

$202Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$11K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$94K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$55K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Money outPt IX
$464K
Ln 25
Programscol B$202K
Managementcol C$118K
Fundraisingcol D$143K
Owns and owesPt X
$419K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$410K
Total assetsLn 16$440K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$55K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$7K
Total revenueLn 12$94K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$410K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$410K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$31K
Total assetsLn 16$440K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K
Net assetsLn 32$419K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$595K$410K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$808K$440K
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K$22K
Net assetsLn 32$789K$419K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$262K$114K$61K$87K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$50K$22K$12K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$9K$5K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b−$3K−$1K−$700−$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$80K$44K$17K$19K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$4K$3K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$878$718$66$94
OccupancyLn 16$1K$520$280$400
TravelLn 17$5K$2K$1K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$2K$954$1K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$462$2K$356
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$5K$5K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$464K$202K$118K$143K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $94K$464K−$370K$419K 990 PDF
FY2023 $116K$256K−$139K$789K 990 PDF
FY2022 $83K$183K−$101K$928K 990 PDF
FY2021 $39K$329K−$291K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$258K$948K$1.3M 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $93,620 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $111,588$55,089
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $332$31,215
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,311$7,316
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $116,231$93,620
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $175,628$333,551
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $79,913$130,452
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $255,541$464,003
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$139,310−$370,383
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $93,620 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$55,089
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$55,089
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $31,215 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$31,215
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $7,316$7,316
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $31,215 · Unrelated business $7,316 · Excluded from tax $0$93,620
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $464,003 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $113,514 · Management $61,123 · Fundraising $87,318$261,955
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,654 · Management $11,660 · Fundraising $16,657$49,971
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,371 · Management $5,046 · Fundraising $7,208$21,625
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms −$1,300 · Management −$700 · Fundraising −$1,000−$3,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,468$12,468
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $44,126 · Management $16,707 · Fundraising $19,168$80,001
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,289 · Management $2,922 · Fundraising $4,772$11,983
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $718 · Management $66 · Fundraising $94$878
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $520 · Management $280 · Fundraising $400$1,200
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,053 · Management $1,139 · Fundraising $1,630$4,822
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,771 · Management $954 · Fundraising $1,362$4,087
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $462 · Management $1,975 · Fundraising $356$2,793
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,238 · Management $4,762 · Fundraising $5,220$15,220
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $202,416 · Management $118,402 · Fundraising $143,185$464,003
Part X · Balance sheet $440,499 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $594,955$409,665
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $200,000$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $13,137$30,834
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $808,092$440,499
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,455$14,960
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,729$7,014
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $19,184$21,974
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $588,908$418,525
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $200,000$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $788,908$418,525
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $808,092$440,499
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $418,525 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$93,620
XI-2 Total expenses$464,003
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$370,383
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$788,908
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$418,525

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.