Truong Buu Diep Foundation
- Assets
- $261.1k
- Revenue
- $413.4k
- Investments
- $0.0
- Employees
- 7
- Location
- Garden Grove, CA
- Founding
- 07/2013
- Data as of
- 06/2024
- EIN
- 45-3004468
Organization Overview
Truong Buu Diep Foundation is located in Garden Grove, CA. The organization was established in 2013. According to its NTEE Classification (T20) the organization is classified as: Private Grantmaking Foundations, under the broad grouping of Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations and related organizations. As of 06/2024, Truong Buu Diep Foundation employed 7 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Truong Buu Diep Foundation is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.
For the year ending 06/2024, Truong Buu Diep Foundation generated $413.4k in total revenue. The organization has seen a slow decline revenue. Over the past 9 years, revenues have fallen by an average of (3.0%) each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $471.7k during the year ending 06/2024. As we would expect to see with falling revenues, expenses have declined by (1.2%) per year over the past 9 years. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.
Form
990
Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing
TAX YEAR
2024
Describe the Organization's Mission:
Part 3 - Line 1
OUR MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN 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 VISITING AND PRAYING WITH FATHER DIEP. TO HONOR FATHER DIEP ON THE OCCASION OF HIS DEATH ANNIVERSARY TBDF IS LAUNCHING THE TBD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HARDSHIP TO GET FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WHICH IS STARTED ON 2022.
Describe the Organization's Program Activity:
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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 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.
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 2022-2023 THERE WERE 75 WITNESSES OF THE GRACES AND MIRACLES OF FATHER DIEP CAME TO OUR OFFICE AND OVER 100 PEOPLE SENDING THEIR STORIES BY EMAILS MAILS 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 MAIN SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS SUCH AS FACEBOOK YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM TWITTER TIKTOK YELP GOOGLE MY BUSINESS LINKED IN AND TBDF WEBSITE.
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 108 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.
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Board, Officers & Key Employees
| Name (title) | Role | Hours | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
Holly H Pham Chairwoman | Officer | 40 | $71,769 |
John H Nguyen Chief Executive Officer | Officer | 45 | $95,692 |
Quynh Alcazar Secretary | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
Financial Statements
| Statement of Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Federated campaigns | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 |
| Fundraising events | $0 |
| Related organizations | $0 |
| Government grants | $0 |
| All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above | $413,406 |
| Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f | $0 |
| Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar | $413,406 |
| Total Program Service Revenue | $0 |
| Investment income | $0 |
| Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds | $0 |
| Royalties | $0 |
| Net Rental Income | $0 |
| Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales | $0 |
| Net Income from Fundraising Events | $0 |
| Net Income from Gaming Activities | $0 |
| Net Income from Sales of Inventory | $0 |
| Miscellaneous Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $413,406 |
| Statement of Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments. | $0 |
| Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals. | $0 |
| Grants and other assistance to Foreign Orgs/Individuals | $0 |
| Benefits paid to or for members | $0 |
| Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $0 |
| Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $0 |
| Compensation to disqualified persons | $0 |
| Other salaries and wages | $204,982 |
| Pension plan accruals and contributions | $0 |
| Other employee benefits | $11,044 |
| Payroll taxes | $63,960 |
| Fees for services: Management | $6,086 |
| Fees for services: Legal | $1,562 |
| Fees for services: Accounting | $1,145 |
| Fees for services: Lobbying | $513 |
| Fees for services: Fundraising | $0 |
| Fees for services: Investment Management | $0 |
| Fees for services: Other | $548 |
| Advertising and promotion | $28,694 |
| Office expenses | $28,060 |
| Information technology | $6,021 |
| Royalties | $0 |
| Occupancy | $44,426 |
| Travel | $0 |
| Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials | $0 |
| Conferences, conventions, and meetings | $12,017 |
| Interest | $0 |
| Payments to affiliates | $0 |
| Depreciation, depletion, and amortization | $6,863 |
| Insurance | $24,079 |
| All other expenses | $0 |
| Total functional expenses | $471,683 |
| Balance Sheet | |
|---|---|
| Cash—non-interest-bearing | $53,880 |
| Savings and temporary cash investments | $0 |
| Pledges and grants receivable | $0 |
| Accounts receivable, net | $0 |
| Loans from Officers, Directors, or Controlling Persons | $0 |
| Loans from Disqualified Persons | $0 |
| Notes and loans receivable | $0 |
| Inventories for sale or use | $0 |
| Prepaid expenses and deferred charges | $0 |
| Net Land, buildings, and equipment | $207,259 |
| Investments—publicly traded securities | $0 |
| Investments—other securities | $0 |
| Investments—program-related | $0 |
| Intangible assets | $0 |
| Other assets | $0 |
| Total assets | $261,139 |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $470,752 |
| Grants payable | $0 |
| Deferred revenue | $0 |
| Tax-exempt bond liabilities | $0 |
| Escrow or custodial account liability | $0 |
| Loans and other payables to any current Officer, Director, or Controlling Person | $0 |
| Secured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
| Unsecured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
| Other liabilities | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $470,752 |
| Net assets without donor restrictions | -$209,613 |
| Net assets with donor restrictions | $0 |
| Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds | $0 |
| Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, or equipment fund | $0 |
| Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds | $0 |
| Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances | $261,139 |