Education for Abundant Living

Legal name: Education for Abundant Living Lenover

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464161827
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2021
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,585
Expenses
$4,299
Assets
$46,462
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JEANNE COLASANTI (TRUSTEE)
  • KATHLEEN LENOVER (MINISTER)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education for Abundant Living is a leading-edge global organization that passionately addresses beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes—guiding all to their infinite potential. Conversely, a person with a dominant attitude of attractiveness, deserving, and prosperity will manifest those experiences that support these beliefs. “Of course this always happens to me, and I love it.” Law of Right Thinking Whoa! This law puts us squarely in the driver’s seat. We’re co-creators with Life knowing everything is twice created, once in mind then in manifestation. Rev. Cynthia James has an exercise where you list a few descriptors that as far back as you can remember have been true of you. I wrote: spiritual, happy, healthy and fun loving. Then she had us write, “And this is the unfolding of my day.” That card is on my mirror. It is a powerful example of beginning one’s day wi.

What it reported doing in 2021

Collected pledges and contributions from community members to help educate and raise consciousness in each contributors relationship with money.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.81; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 93.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2021
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.