Empowering the Human Spirit Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
753077111
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Carlsbad, CA, USA
Phone
7609319400
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,257
Expenses
$9,658
Assets
$67,560
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lisa Nichols (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Lisa Nichols (CEO)
  • Scott Ryder (Treasurer & Secretary)

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

Overview

Mission

Empowering the Human Spirit hosts multiple two-day workshops to help young people take responsibility for their lives, themselves and live with integrity. 100% of contributions are used to cover facility costs and provide food and drinks for the attendees.

What it reported doing in 2021

Empowering the Human Spirit hosted multiple two-day workshops in CY2019. These workshops help young people take responsibility for their lives, themselves and live with integrity. 100% of contributions were used to cover the facility, program costs and provide food and drinks for the participants. Approximately 160 kids participated in the workshops last year and over 250,000 have participated since the program's inception.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.9%; rating input score 31
  • 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: 69.1%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -64.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -48.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.