Agora A Sacramental Ministry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832708725
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Reported finances

Revenue
$450,460
Expenses
$496,103
Assets
$284,977
Liabilities
$358,312

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Daniel Benvegnu (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Abraham Bereket (Director)
  • Sukhpreet Singh (Director)
  • Daniel Benvegnu (Executive Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inspire and promote physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness, as well as self-awareness and mindfulness in our members and the local communities that we serve.

What it reported doing in 2020

A community fellowship of spiritually-based leaders and servants that serves the common desire to offer charitable support, healing, spiritual union, and to help our members grow.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 66% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $137.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.26; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 89% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $429K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.