Electronic Educational Programs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510195431
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Montecito, CA, USA
Phone
4153771383
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,165
Expenses
$81,335
Assets
$72,901
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Brian Wheeler (Director of Publications)
  • Mark Watts (Director of Research and Programs)
  • Nora Lewis (Director of Research)

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

Continuing publication on of materials on recordings, providing media-based educational courses including specific lecture series in the areas of comparative philosophy by the late Alan Watts, and outreach through podcasts and educational channel, promotion of our work through our channel and free online online platforms

What it reported doing in 2024

Production of new programs from the audio archives, including remastering two seasons of a vintage educational television series and five other lecture series, and continuing a podcast series designed to reach new audiences on the University level. In addition we have been supplying audio materials for educational projects to students and instructors upon request.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% 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

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: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.