2020-10-13T20:28:03-07:00 2020-06-30 990 2019-07-01 453004468 TRUONG BUU DIEP FOUNDATION TRUO 7145378159 14231 Euclid St Suite E 103 to 105 Garden Grove CA 92843 John Nguyen CEO 7145896634 2020-09-01 107.181.178.83 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z John Nguyen 10689 Morning Glory Ave Fountain Valley CA 92708 462901 0 X www.truongbuudiep.org X 2011 CA Our mission is to maintain and develop a place for glorifying and promoting the canonization process of Father Truong Buu Diep, a Catholic priest who was martyred for saving 70 innocent people during the world war II in Vietnam. Because of good graces and miracles Father Diep has done for many prayers after he died, more and more people believe in him as a efficient bridge to transfer their prayers to God whenever they have troubles. Therefore this place has facilitated as a temple for people to visit and pray with Father Diep. 3 3 9 46 0 0 563730 462901 0 0 0 0 0 0 563730 462901 600 0 0 0 183247 218647 0 0 0 368487 297879 552334 516526 11396 -53625 320640 467604 1993 202583 318647 265021 X Our mission is to maintain and develop a place for glorifying and promoting the canonization process of Father Truong Buu Diep, a Catholic priest who was killed for saving 70 innocent people during the world war II in Vietnam. Because of good graces and miracles Father Diep has done for many prayers after he died, lots of people believe in him and see him as an efficient bridge to God whenever they have troubles. Therefore this place has worship facilities as a temple for people to visit and pray. 0 1 81051 436493 Father Truong Buu Diep was born on January 1, 1897 in An Giang, Vietnam. Ordained in 1924, he was assigned as Parochial Vicar of several parishes. In 1945, Vietnam was torn by war, He was advised to leave the area for a safer one but he stated: "I live among my parishioners and I will die among them. I won't go anywhere". Mar 12, 1946, Rev. Truong Buu Diep was captured and sacrificed his life to save over 70 parishioners of Tac Say parish. His body was buried in the sacristy of Tac Say church, Bac Lieu province, South of Vietnam. Truong Buu Diep Foundation(R), abbreviated as TBDF, is a faith base non-profit organization established on August 16, 2011 by John Nguyen and Holly Pham, residents in Fountain Valley, California. To express their gratitude toward Father Truong Buu Diep who had saved their lives twice, John and Holly hope to return the grace by reaching out to the community and bringing Father Truong Buu Diep's name closer to everyone. The mission of TBDF is to honor Father Truong Buu Diep. In this present stage, the glorification of Father Diep is manifested through the two main tasks: First, collect and spread the blessings of Father Diep through all forms of media. Second, promote and implement community services programs in the name of Father Diep. Realize the power of prayer interceded by Father Diep, TBDF focuses on helping Vietnamese who knows well about Father Diep having a place to visit whenever they are unable to visit their homeland. Beside opening a place to anyone to come and pray, every first Thursday of each month, TBDF gathers people together to pray for the visitors who visited previous month and left their prayers on prayer book. 62206 436493 In order to let people knows about Father Diep, we conduct a massive marketing plan for media such as: 1/ Recording blessed witnesses who volunteerily share their blessed stories by praying with Father Diep then producing weekly TV shows posted on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Yelp, Google My Business, Linked In, Pinterest, and TBDF website. 2/ Maintaining & developing our web sites (www.truongbuudiep.org and www.tbdf.org) both in Vietnamese and English versions 3/Issuing Weekly News and monthly newsletters; 4/ Printing portraits of Father Diep in 3 different sizes; annual books, booklets in Vietnamese and English, thousand of brochures, leaflets... 5/ Producing CDs & DVDs about Father Diep and his graces. 6. Purchasing water bottles from Costco as free gifts for visitors. All above are free for visitors as well as mailing to requested clients from other states free of charge. After praying with Father Diep, many people came back to show their appreciations. Some of them want to be witness of Father Diep's graces voluntary. In 2019, there were 109 witnesses of the graces and miracles of Father Diep came to our office for sharing their blessed stories and recorded in TBDF studio room. The documents were captured in HD format and safely stored in a network administration system (NAS) for posting on 10 social media channels: Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Yelp, Google My Business, Linked In, Pinterest, and TBDF website. 165663 436493 Due to the high demand not only for quantity but also quality of TBDF products for TV shows, Live-Stream, Annual booklets, Weekly News, Monthly Newspapers, brochures, leaflets, photos,... TBDF hired professionals both W2 and subcontractors to do the jobs. Currently, they are in charge of producing over 6000 pieces of Newsletters each month and delivered free of charge to clients at 50 States in US, and overseas, uploading hundreds photos/video clips on 10 social media channels (In order to let people knows about Father Diep, we conduct a massive marketing plan for media such as: 1/ Recording blessed witnesses who volunteerily share their blessed stories by praying with Father Diep then producing weekly TV shows posted on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Yelp, Google My Business, Linked In, Pinterest, and TBDF website. 2/ Maintaining & developing our web sites (www.truongbuudiep.org and www.tbdf.org) both in Vietnamese and English versions 3/Issuing Weekly News and monthly newsletters; 4/ Printing portraits of Father Diep in 3 different sizes; annual books, booklets in Vietnamese and English, thousand of brochures, leaflets... 5/ Producing CDs & DVDs about Father Diep and his graces. 6. Purchasing water bottles from Costco as free gifts for visitors. All above are free for visitors as well as mailing to requested clients from other states free of charge. After praying with Father Diep, many people came back to show their appreciations. Some of them want to be witness of Father Diep's graces voluntary. In 2019, there were 109 witnesses of the graces and miracles of Father Diep came to our office for sharing their blessed stories. Since 2012, a studio room is established inside the premise to record the stories shared by blessed witnesses. Anyone who has prayed and got blessings can share his/her story voluntarily to show appreciation to Father Diep. Those clips then posted on TBDF social media. The documents were captured in HD format and safely stored in a network administration system (NAS) for posting on 10 social media channels: Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Yelp, Google My Business, Linked In, Pinterest, and TBDF website). The hired contractors input over 18,000 prayer cards online which were sent by the prayers around the states and other countries within a year, and mailing hundred of holy water bottles to people around the country free of charge. TBDF staff also in charge of issuing hundreds TBDF cards for visitors who want to apply as a member of TBDF to receive TBDf materials for free. The card are free to apply as well as no charge of membership. As a results, currently there are over 9 millions views of the shows "Father Dieps's Witness of Graces" with approx. 26,000 subscribers on Youtube/TBDF channel, together with over 10,000 Facebook views of TBDF video clips made by TBDF media employees. 0 0 0 308920 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 CA X X John Nguyen 7145378159 14231 Euclid St Suite E 103 to 105 Garden Grove CA 92843 John Huynh Nguyen CEO 42 0 X 101750 0 0 Holly Pham Secretary 42 0 X 36000 0 0 Andrew H Nguyen Chairman 2 0 X 0 0 0 Anne Nguyen Barnes Officer 2 0 X 0 0 0 John Huy Nguyen Officer 2 0 X 0 0 0 Quynh T Nguyen Officer 2 0 X 0 0 0 137750 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26408 436493 0 462901 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 462901 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150903 120722 30181 0 10395 0 10395 0 57349 0 57349 64201 44941 19260 2985 0 2985 432 0 432 2831 0 2831 0 0 0 0 0 0 37107 29686 7421 29200 20440 8760 17257 12080 5177 0 0 0 52663 36864 15799 0 0 0 0 0 0 55234 44187 11047 0 0 0 0 0 0 22368 0 22368 13601 0 13601 516526 308920 207606 0 39901 229830 20596 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 260142 22368 260143 237774 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320640 467604 1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202583 1993 202583 X 318647 265021 0 0 318647 265021 320640 467604 -53625 -1 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 543294 515686 473261 563730 436493 2532464 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 543294 515686 473261 563730 436493 2532464 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2532464 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 543294 515686 473261 563730 436493 2532464 1 0 0 0 X 97765 0 97765 0 0 0 0 126071 0 14744 111327 36306 0 7624 28682 0 0 0 0 237774 0 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) 150000 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) 52583 202583 Form 990, Part III, Line 3 Our office closed from Mar 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020 due to Covid-19 shut-down. Re-opened on July 2, 2020 then closed again on July 13 until October 10, 2020. However, following the instruction from Orange County Health Department, anyone who visits TBDF requested to screening body temperature, sign a Waiver of liabilities, and obey TBDF policy: "Take a mask to cover your nose and mouth, Be clean by washing your hands, Distance at least 6 feet, Feel sick please stay home". Especially, TBDF requested there are no more than 25% of room capacity to be visited in the same time. Elders are encouraged to visit at early hours of the day. All such activities are for preventing COvid-19 spread out. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 The Secretary Holly Pham and CEO John Nguyen are husband and wife. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b TBDF Management board provided a complete copy of this form 990 to its management board members before filing the form. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Management board has meeting for review and approve the compensation of officers, CEO, and key staff. Compensation Review procedure: 1. Purchase salary and wage surveys for non-profit such as www.guidestar.org 2. Identify matches for the job descriptions in TBDF 3. Select, gather and analyse the actual working hours of all staff 4. Board member make final decisions in terms of effective contributions, efficiency works, and improving productivities Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Truong Buu Diep Foundation (TBDF) posted its governing documents including Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Regulations (inc. conflict of interest policy, ), and financial statements on its intranet, and provide the tax returns to the public upon request.