Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
980171203
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Eastman, Quebec, CA
Phone
4502970259
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,820
Expenses
$46,635
Assets
$152,842
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARSHALL GOVINDAN (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MARSHALL GOVINDAN (PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)
  • JAN AHLUND (SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR)
  • MARCUS DOLL (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educational (educational regarding kriya yoga)

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization has trained a number of acharyas (teachers) to teach kriya yoga. The organization provides adminstrative and other support to enable these teachers to teach kriya yoga in the field.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.1%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.