Boston Acupuncture Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825011604
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hyde Park, MA, USA
Phone
6175063868
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,857
Expenses
$87,924
Assets
$28,634
Liabilities
$15,088

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • OREN PILINGER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • OREN PILINGER (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE KINGSBURY (DIRECTOR)
  • PAMELA LOMAX (CLERK)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Boston acupuncture project's (bap) mission is to provide affordable and accessible acupuncture in a group setting, chinese herbal medicine, and other forms of holistic healthcare. By offering relief from pain, stress, and isolation, bap aims to contribute to the well-being of individual people, and the strength of the community as a whole.

What it reported doing in 2025

Boston acupuncture project, inc. Builds community by providing widely accessible and affordable acupuncture in a community (group) setting, as well as other forms of holistic health care, creating a place of rest, refuge, and rejuvenation. By offering relief from pain, stress, and isolation, we contribute to the well-being of individual people, and the strength of our community as a whole. Regular access to acupuncture can help manage chronic illness, relieve chronic pain, and resolve acute conditions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.