Zen Buddhist Sewing Teachers
Overview
Mission
Support sewing teachers: Maintain www.zbst.org for purpose of disseminating sewing instructions, connecting sewing teachers, dharma teachers, and sewing students, and ordering supplies & equipment. Continuing work on next publication, WIP on balance sheet. Start preparing main publication "Buddha's Robe Is Sewn" for reprinting.
What it reported doing in 2024
Publishing: Supply Zen Center bookstores with publication "Buddha's Robe Is Sewn" (wholesale). Filling retail orders: 17 copies sold in 2024.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461336745
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5106550820
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $214
- Expenses
- $1,009
- Assets
- $16,803
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -371.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.65; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -102.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -22% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Karen DeCotis (President)
- Jean Selkirk (Treasurer)
- Sandy Musashi (Secretary Vice-President)
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 2024.