Becoming Jackson Whole

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842871103
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Jackson, WY, United States
Phone
3077341322
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$605,636
Expenses
$287,046
Assets
$531,026
Liabilities
$707

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sara Flitner (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Sara Flitner (President): $119,699 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Building a mindful community, together.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Engagement: The Summit: The Science of Well-Being: Community Conversation and Workshop with Dr. Richie Davidson 350 people servedThe 2025 workshop took place at Snow King Resort on the third Saturday in September, with an invitation-only workshop for 150 people and a public talk co-hosted by St. John's Health in the evening.Annual Digital Challenge: 450 people servedA new January online challenge with daily motivational emails, and recorded and live guided practices, were provided as an ongoing self-guided program. This number also includes participants who repeated or accessed past self-guided challenge programs.Text (SMS) Challenge in Spanish: 30 people servedThis new, 7-day offering sends daily guided practices (recorded in Spanish by local mindfulness instructors) by text message. This self-guided program is evergreen and available year-round.5th Annual TRYathlon: Fitness for Body & Mind: 150 people servedA fun, free, family-friendly and bilingual program including mindfulness practice, all-abilities yoga instruction, mountain hiking, and more.Digital outreach | social media engagement: 4,720+ people servedOur online audience opened 130,069 emails, newsletters, and blog posts (of the more than 606,000 sent). More than 1,900 readers follow our social media accounts with nearly 200 instances of direct feedback on BJW digital content per month. Our most popular content, an automated mindfulness challenge, has been updated to allow readers to join it at any time and receive the prompts by text message, if they choose.Free guided mindfulness practices conducted each Friday morning, with more than 75,000 collective minutes of practice logged.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.2%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 58.4%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 52.6%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 10 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 28.2% of revenue deployed · 58.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $168K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 28/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.