Causa
Overview
Mission
Causa's mission is to assist those seeking a meaningful life to explore spirituality through education. Beginning with buddhist philosophy, causa aims to provide space and opportunities for scholarly study as well as spiritual practice of the world's great wisdom traditions, informed and enhanced by exploration of contemporary physical and social sciences.
What it reported doing in 2025
Causa had started contemplative resource center (crc) program in 2020. The contemplative resource center (crc) is a unique health and wellness collaboration that offers a variety of services and programs that support the interests and needs of individuals and communities. We intended to explore the body and mind as an integrated union, and are committed to helping people restore intrinsic, optimal health in alignment with basic wakefulness. We draw from authentic contemplative traditions to create a conscious campus for all in a charming/peaceful guest ranch setting next to the ruggedly beautiful landscape of the hill country state natural area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814255516
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2025
- Website checked
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
- Headquarters
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 11
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.4%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.2%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 23.53; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.4% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $133K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2019 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.