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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DDMBA LA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$935,228
Total expenses
$816,171
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$133,281
Program service revenue
$822,223
Investment income
$113,005
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,762,983
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,762,983
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$816,171
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$816,171

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contribution Income - General

    total $605,321 · related or exempt $605,321

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Contribution Income - Restricted General

    total $216,902 · related or exempt $216,902

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $113,005 · related or exempt $113,005

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $133,281 · program services $133,281

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,900 · program services $3,900

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,819 · program services $8,819

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,542 · program services $3,542

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,599 · program services $2,599

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $303,488 · program services $303,488

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,754 · program services $33,754

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Supplies Expenses

    total $52,890 · program services $52,890

  • 24b · Other expenses: Property Tax

    total $3,475 · program services $3,475

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing and Reprodution

    total $1,666 · program services $1,666

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repair Maintance

    total $19,815 · program services $19,815

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $248,942 · program services $248,942

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,776,531 · end of year $3,685,608

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $100,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $9,280,644

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,323,186

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,711,081 · end of year $6,957,458

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $55,422

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $895 · end of year $119,917

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $10,643,929 · end of year $10,762,983

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The Organization operates under the following philosophy and ultimate long term goals. Our Principle Uplift the character of all mankind, build a Pure Land on Earth. Our Spirit Offer ourselves for the benefit of all. Our Direction Embrace the original intention of Buddha, advance the purification of the world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To sharing its Chinese Buddhism Zen values with the Community through good works, teaching, and a spirit of welcoming and openness. People learn and live the Dharma, and are encouraged to reach out and help other understand it. We encourage participants to develope inner stillness, concentration, and deeper understanding of themselves and the world to which they have connected through Dharma talks and practice.

  • The Organization operates under the following philosophy and ultimate long term goals. Our Principle Uplift the character of all mankind, build a Pure Land on Earth. Our Spirit Offer ourselves for the benefit of all. Our Direction Embrace the original intention of Buddha, advance the purification of the world. Our Method Promote comprehensive humanitarian education, deepen the roots of kindness and compassion for all.

    Expenses $816,171 · Revenue $935,228

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Li-Chuan Huang Ven Chang Tong

    CFO/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $1,200
    From this org
    $1,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hung Hung-Lung Ven Guo Hui

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chu Hao-Wen Ven Chang Xiang

    CEO/Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Luh Wen-Song Ven Chang Wu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chin Gary

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Lin Sarah

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Chang Johnson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611349349309701

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