ISAR Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953502349
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
9099791746
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,832
Expenses
$94,701
Assets
$87,598

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jenn Zahrt (President)
  • Asdrbal Moreno Fereda (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jenn Zahrt (President)
  • Asdrbal Moreno Fereda (Vice President)
  • Linda Leaman (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The International Society of Astrological Research ISAR is dedicated to advancing astrological education and research, promoting high standards of ethics and competence, and sponsoring the exchange of ideas among astrologers world wide.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our Community Building Programs included our Affiliated Schools Program which certified 12 schools across 11 countries and in 9 different languages. We had two Taste of ISAR events in 2025. The English event lasted 8 hours, spread across two days while the Spanish event lasted 4 hours one day. These two events reached 334 people from all over the world. Finally, our online forum reached over 500 people (members and non-members) and offered over 16 free events between January-June.

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

SUPPORTED - 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: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 75.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.