Church of Celestial Roots

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842443269
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
2087141522
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$175,010
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAHSIAH JACOBS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAHSIAH JACOBS (PRESIDENT)
  • COLIN WIEL (DIRECTOR)
  • XAVIER HELGESEN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Celestial roots provides services which inspire and catalyze our community in their process of awakening and reconnection to spirit and the inherent wisdom within all of our souls. We strive to provide holistic spiritual support and guidance to those who attend our gatherings.

What it reported doing in 2024

Celestial roots is a nonprofit religious organization that provides services which inspire and catalyze our community in their process of awakening and reconnection to spirit and the inherent wisdom within all of our souls. Our meditations, prayer circles, devotional music, hymns, and teachings are all intended to bring about an inner transformation which leads our community to live their life with a greater felt connection to creator and their own most liberated self. We honor the prophets, wisdom holders, and gnostic teachings from all traditions, and we endeavor to build a bridge between ancient wisdom and modern-day people of all cultures. We strive to provide holistic spiritual support and guidance to those who attend our gatherings, embodying a unified, thriving, and inclusive community which is built upon the strong foundation of our love of the divine, our shared core values, and our support for each other.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 68.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -100.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -70.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.