The Interdepence Project a Not for Profit Organization
Overview
Mission
The interdependence project(idp)helps people awaken to their full human potential with programming and projects focused on uniting the personal, interpersonal, and collective levels of experience. Founded upon the principle of interdependence, idp recognizes that contemplative and ethical practices affect relationships, aid community and societal engagement, and contribute to individual happiness and well-being. Both locally and online, we're committed to offering a unique, multi-lineage education in secular buddhist practice and psychology, as well as transformational activism initiatives, all designed to support the interdependence of our unique personal journeys with our shared path as a society.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided education in secular buddhist practice and psychology which positively affected students' relationships and community, and contributed to individual happiness and well-being.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208840573
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Headquarters
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: NotEnoughData
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 68.6%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -26.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.32; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 68.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.