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US nonprofit · EIN 330991740 · Landers, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 330991740) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Buddhist Forest Meditation Center

Donations deductible
Revenue
$76k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$52k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$598k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$598k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
6.3 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
8
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Buddhist Forest Meditation Center's network

8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
David BrickerAsst Secretary2020
6 yrs
Phonkaw KanchanastitVP2020
6 yrs
Phra Narintorn MongkollaCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Phra Paitun SuayroopPr Officer2020
6 yrs
Phra Pradit DonchuanchomPresident2020
6 yrs
Phra Thongchai KhlayeeTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Prempoun KanchanastitCFO2021
5 yrs
Srisamorn DonchuanchomOfficer2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Phra Pradit DonchuanchomPresident40$0
Prempoun KanchanastitCFO20$0
Phra Paitun SuayroopPr Officer40$0
Phra Thongchai KhlayeeTreasurer40$0
Phra Narintorn MongkollaSecretary40$0
Phonkaw KanchanastitVP10$0
David BrickerAsst Secretary10$0
Srisamorn DonchuanchomOfficer20$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Buddhist Forest Meditation Center
EIN
330991740
Address
60424 Reche Rd, Landers, CA, 92285-3230
State
California
Mission
To provide the general principle of Buddhism and provide meditation instruction to everyone who is interested in meditation (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X50 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2001
Principal officer
Permpoun Kanchanastit (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2004
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsDavid Bricker
≥6years on the filingsPhonkaw Kanchanastit
≥6years on the filingsPhra Narintorn Mongkolla
≥6years on the filingsPhra Paitun Suayroop

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$598k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$598k
Contributions and grants received
$76k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0