Big Mind Inc
Overview
Mission
Big mind is organized in order to transmit the authentic teachings that emerged from buddha's enlightenment experience. The goal is to enable participants to gain profound insights and taste for themselves the illuminating experience from which buddhism and all the world's
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization has created and conducts regular year-round classes, workshops, and retreats focused on personal assistance with spiritual growth.the organization has created a series of home study materials, books, audio cd's and video dvd's to assist students in learning to work with their mental and emotional states and to help develop their spiritual growth and enlightenment insight experiences.the organizaiton maintains a website for listing of news, events, and teachings available to all.
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
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810587220
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8019068192
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Assets
- $402
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
The verdict
- This form does not report enough financial and governance detail to rate the organization. That is normal for this form and is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -71.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -20.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 annual filings from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- DENNIS MERZEL (President)
- JOHN QUIGLEY (BOARD MEMBER)
- SCOTT HANSEN (BOARD MEMBER)
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.