Global Ecovillage Network-united States
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621793769
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 6608511007
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $52,358
- Expenses
- $53,932
- Assets
- $47,010
- Liabilities
- $17
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- A Keala Young (President/Treasurer/Board Member)
People named in this filing
- A Keala Young (President/Treasurer/Board Member)
- Diana Leafe Christian (Secretary/Board Member)
- Giovanni Ciarlo (Board Member)
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 purposes and objectives of GEN-US shall be: To foster cooperation and to facilitate information exchange among ecovillages and networking partners. To present ecovillages in the fora of public discourse, before governments and in local regional and international councils and institutions and through publishing and distributing materials. To contribute to the enhancement of the operations and management of ecovillages and the effectiveness of participants in the ecovillage movement. To promote cooperation between ecovillages in the U.S. and internationally. To promote education in all aspects of sustainable living, and the research, development and use of appropriate technologies. To support exploration, evolution and implementation of sustainable forms of organization. To nurture individual and community evolution and action toward resilient, regenerative, sustainable human settlements
What it reported doing in 2024
GEN-US is publisher of Communities magazine, a quarterly journal produced in both digital and print format. Communities magazine is the primary resource for information, stories, and ideas about intentional communities-including urban co-ops, cohousing groups, ecovillages, and rural communes. Communities magazine also focuses on creating and enhancing community in the workplace, in nonprofit or activist organizations, and in neighborhoods.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.