Aware Meditation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842741814
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,477
Expenses
$6,033
Assets
$291,799

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ashley Ware (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Ashley Ware (CEO)
  • Paula Newman (CFO Founder)
  • Willie Ware (Secretary Director of Recovery Outr)

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. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Aware Meditation Inc.s global initiative endeavours to shift the collective stress consciousness. We provide simple self-sufficient stress reducing techniques. Once practiced on a daily basis the human nervous system stabilizes reducing anxiety fear and overwhelm allowing for increased mental clarity and cognitive ability. Shifting an attitude or mindset is only a temporary surface level tool which often causes disappointment and additional stress. Our practices are utilized to address underlying causes not symptoms. All initiatives are in alignment with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

What it reported doing in 2024

YouTube Outreach spanned 107K Total views 7.3k watch hours 10.74 subscribers. 50 videos viewed this year. Videos regarding mental health teenage anxiety laughter to help with stress reduction 12 days of meditation challenge and more educational videos on how wellness and meditation can help with physical and mental health. Providing sustainable techniques for viewers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 18.2%; rating input score 18

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 48.37; rating input score 98; 98th 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: -24.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 67.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17% of revenue deployed · 18.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.