UNITED BUDDHIST FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2025

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Organization
UNITED BUDDHIST FOUNDATION (EIN 47-1420906)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-02-24
IRS object ID
202640559349201219
Schema version
2025v4.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2026-02-24T12:02:26-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2025-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2025-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN471420906EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name Line1UNITED BUDDHIST FOUNDATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlUNITBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone7148890911PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line19180 Oasis AveAddressLine1Txt
CityWestminsterCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
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Signature2026-02-24SignatureDt
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Tax2025TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

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Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not RequiredYes (X)ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Addresswww.unitedbuddhist.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$91,793GrossReceiptsAmt
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$91,793ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue$0ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
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Other Revenue Total$0OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue$91,793TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid$0GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$19,516SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$5,556FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$32,400OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$37,016PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$0OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$94,488TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year-$2,695ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$6,977NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
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BOY$6,977BOYAmt
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Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose1. Our website is continually updated with modern technology and provides tools to support Buddhist study and research. All of our sutra translations are freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection. 2. The Buddhist books for which we serve as authors, translators, or compilers are published as free electronic editions. 3. Our publications may also be printed by other Buddhist organizations for free distribution, without any restrictions. For this reason, we must support our full-time religious translator and writer, who is dedicated entirely to this work. Through these efforts, we aim to share the Buddha's teachings widely and contribute to peace in the world-beginning with each individual, not only through governments. 4. We also reprint valuable Buddhist works originally published 50 to 80 years ago, making them available again to students and scholars of Buddhism.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

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Description Program Srvc Accom(1) Publishing 32 books in the year 2023, free distribution and also available for POD global system. (2) Online Buddhist community increasing up to more than 9500 members who attended at https://unitedbuddhist.org/ with about 3200 viewer daily (3) Translating 2 Buddhist sutras with about 1,500 pages from ancient Chinese into Vietnamese. (4) Reproduced 14 very old Buddhist books (50 - 80 years ago) and made it available (reprinting version) to everyone who need to study.DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations$0GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
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Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (3 entries)

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KIEN T PHAN
CEO10$0$0$0
MINH N NGUYEN
CFO10$0$0$0
TIEN M NGUYEN
SECRETARY - TRANSLATOR25$18,000$0$0
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Activities Not Previously Rpt0ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt0ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
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Organization Dissolved Etc0OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend$0DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
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Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds0DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided0TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent0TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd EmplNONEPartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule AYes (1)FiledScheduleAInd

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ChurchYes (X)ChurchInd

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