Zen Nights Inc

Overview

Mission

Education about benefits of plant based lifestyle

What it reported doing in 2020

Education of benefits of plant based lifestyle, i.e. eco friendly, health aspects

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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
823279609
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Mesa, AZ, USA
Phone
4802364425
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,021
Expenses
$8,566
Assets
$4,428

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 63.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th 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 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2018 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020.