Zen Training Center Inc
Overview
Mission
Teaching individuals about aikido, zen meditation, japanese martial and fine arts to create a program of shugyo; intense spiritual, physical and mental training.
What it reported doing in 2025
Training - training individuals on aikido, zen meditation, japanese martial and fine arts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043185972
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Worcester, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5087999106
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $94,075
- Expenses
- $68,009
- Assets
- $105,522
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- AIMEE BEL (TREASURER)
- AMY SMALL (DIRECTOR)
- ROBERT SPADEREWSKI (CLERK)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025.