Cobb Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833795165
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Claremont, CA, USA
Phone
9094479484
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,037
Expenses
$198,244
Assets
$31,222

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Dick Bruce (Vice Chair)
  • Linda Lowry (Treasurer)
  • Mary Elizabeth Moore (Board Chair)

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

The Cobb Institute promotes process and relational ways of understanding and living in the world, seeking to cultivate ecological civilizations through just and compassionate communities. Our aims are accomplished by fostering creative transformation through holistic education, community building, and spiritual discovery.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, we continued to advanced our mission by expanding our efforts in each of our three main areas of focus: holistic education, community building, and spiritual discovery. We completed another successful round of our certificate program in process thought and practice with 15 graduates, developed several new course offerings, and hosted numerous learning circles and pop-up events. Participation in our cohorts and engagement with our online communities grew significantly, and we collaborated with local leaders and organizations in the Pomona area on public benefit initiatives. We also continued our work with Process & Faith, co-sponsored offerings with other interfaith organizations, and hosted a variety of events devoted to relational forms of spirituality.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 revenue has grown recently. 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: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.1%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 40.4%; rating input score 40

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: -41.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.1% of revenue deployed · 40.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.