Geoparadise Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452853679
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $558,747
- Expenses
- $760,222
- Assets
- $120,775
- Liabilities
- $658,201
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TIMOTHY JOHN RAPER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- NOA LAGO BEA (TREASURER)
- AMANDA BROSSEAU (DIRECTOR)
- DANIEL COVAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's mission statement has been approved by the governing body.
What it reported doing in 2023
Tribal gathering("tg- or the "event") is the main program and is the starting point where the rest of the charitable projects are forged with the indigenous communities. In a typical year, there is an annual gathering of indigenous people from many countries and continents and paid attendees. The gathering creates a harmonious space for intercultural exchange. Tribal gathering is an annual gathering that brings together approximately 50 tribes from more than 40 countries. During the gathering, tribes people hold workshops and presentations on various aspects of indigenous art and culture. There are other workshops throughout the event to educate the general public on environmental and social issues, nutrition, health and sustainable development. In 2023 tribal gathering was hosted in a different location and dates to coincide with the path of the totality of the solar eclipse in octber 2023. In this fiscal year, tribal gathering hosted a second event in a new location that will hopefully become the permanenet new location for the 18 day-long format. The event brought together indigenous communities, artists, wellness preactitioners and attendees from around the world.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% 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 most filed governance safeguards are in place. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 51
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 55.6%; rating input score 56; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -36.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.45; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $708K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2023
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.