That Zen Life Wellness Foundation
Legal name: The Zen Life Wellness Foundation
Overview
Mission
Offer comprehensive, compassionate, peer-driven support for adults (18+) recovering from substance use disorders and mental health challenges—serving insured and uninsured individuals, including veterans/service members and their families—through non-clinical wellness, recovery, education, training, and workforce development support.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization successfully utilized the $125,000 award from the government agency to advance its mission of supporting individuals experiencing mental health challenges and substance use disorders. Funds were applied to expand direct services, enhance clinical capacity, and strengthen community outreach. Service Delivery and Impact Provided individualized mental health counseling, substance use intervention, and peer-support services to program participants. Delivered evidence-based treatment and early-intervention supports, resulting in measurable improvements in participant stability and well-being. Increased service accessibility through flexible scheduling, telehealth options, and community-based engagement activities. Capacity Building Strengthened program infrastructure by supporting qualified clinical staff, case managers, and peer-support specialists. Enhanced data collection and reporting systems to monitor outcomes, track participant progress, and ensure compliance with agency requirements. Community Engagement Conducted targeted outreach to vulnerable populations, including veterans and underserved community members, to improve awareness of available services. Expanded partnerships with local mental health providers, recovery organizations, and social-service agencies to coordinate care and reduce barriers. Outcomes Improved mental health stability, reduced substance use incidents, and increased engagement in long-term care pathways for program participants. Increased service reach and strengthened community trust in the organization as a reliable provider of behavioral-health support. The funding allowed the organization to deliver impactful, mission-aligned services and build sustainable capacity for continued support of individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges.
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
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for member benefits.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823441618
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Headquarters
- Franklin, VA, United States
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Support Services
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about leaders and governance practices and the website provides limited evidence of results.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- 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: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.9; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $125K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.