Feldenkrais Education of New England Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475424141
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Great Barrington, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4137175315
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Education
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $8,695
- Assets
- $198,793
- Liabilities
- $5
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LINDY OST (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LINDY OST (PRESIDENT)
- MIRIAM SCHWARTZ (VICE PRESIDE)
- MISHA FORRESTER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organizations mission is as follows: increasing public awareness about the benefits of the feldenkrais method of somatic education; organizing and conducting feldenkrais method classes for the public; organizing and conducting programs to train individuals to become practitioners of the feldenkrais method; developing visions for the future of the feldenkrais method and its practice, informed by diverse cultures and ways of thinking; engaging members of the feldenkrais method community in the development of social and scientific thought; supporting research and development in the feldenkrais method; fostering a culture of coninuous learning among feldenkrais practitioners; providing low-to-no- cost learning opportunities to a broad spectrum of new england's diverse populations; providing scholarships for low-income people wishing to participate in training to become feldenkrais practitioners; engaging in any other educational, charitable, and scientific endeavors that regard or info
What it reported doing in 2024
Created a 4-year training curriculum for individuals to become practitioners of the feldenkrais method, in which 3rd and 4th year students will be expected to engage in supervised free and low-cost feldenkrais classes for seniors, low-income communities and/or poeple with disabilities.
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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.86; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -59.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -26% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.