Cultivating Emotional Balance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841767712
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4084208303
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,868
Expenses
$24,849
Assets
$23,272

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Lani Potts (Treasurer)
  • Ryan Redman (Secretary)
  • Eve Ekman (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

During 2025, CEB organized and launched in October a year long CEB Teacher Training course. A strong, volunteer planning committee met during the year to review applications, contact participants, arrange for a retreat location, manage finances and review and edit curriculum and online platform for the participants to use during the year for assignments, etc. There are 16 participants from all over the world with nine different languages. Three key teachers lead the training with other senior teachers leading the monthly small group meetings. The key teachers share the monthly webinar facilitation.

What it reported doing in 2025

Launch of year long CEB Teacher Training in October. -Included: Week long retreat in October, monthly online content, assignments, small group meetings and monthly webinar. Training continues through October 2026. Monthly online, ongoing meetings and support of certified teachers from around the world have grown and continue. Support of CEB classes being taught globally and locally continues. Plans are underway for the next CEB Teacher Training to begin in October of 2027. Also, the monthly newsletter continues and has expanded its content. There is also ongoing maintenance of the CEB website and a continued focus on marketing. Plans for the launch of a book written by Eve Ekman about the Atlas of Emotions. The Board meets at least once a year.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.9%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.