Myers & Briggs Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592794573
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Gainesville, FL, USA
Phone
3523750160
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Social Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,767,167
Expenses
$2,434,702
Assets
$13,357,375
Liabilities
$189,225

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK ENTING (CHAIRMAN AND CEO)
  • KESSTAN BLANDIN (VICE PRESIDENT OF R&D)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK ENTING (CHAIRMAN AND CEO): $200,112 total reported compensation
  • YVONNE NELSON-REID (VP OF EDUCATION & PROGRAMS): $188,051 total reported compensation
  • KESSTAN BLANDIN (VICE PRESIDENT OF R&D): $163,942 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Myers & briggs foundation's mission, as a not-for-profit organization, is to extend and teach the accurate understanding of the practical applications of the c.g. Jung's theory of psychological types, which shows how our differences in experiencing events and making decisions can be valuable rather than divisive and can be used constructively to promote personal development, to manage conflict, and to increase human understanding worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mbf research services provides professional assistance, data and resources for anyone doing research involving the myers-briggs type indicator instrument. During 2025, we responded to 160 reference questions. These include research inquiries, data, and referrals for mbf publications. Research services maintained the mbf library acquired new materials for the collection. They also continued liaisons with organizations that provide opportunities for researchers to present their findings or seek funding. Research services created an opac (online access public catalog) called the milo catalog. There were approximately 190 new items cataloged in milo during 2025. We also responded to 116 new requests for milo accounts during 2025.in 2025, the research grant program (rgp) website was launched, and an expert review panel assembled. The rgp award resource grants and funded grants to academic researchers and graduate students through a vetted application process. The program focuses on applied outcome studies with the mbti instrument. In 2025, 4 rgp participants attended the mbti certification program at no cost. The value of the attendance for these participants was $11,980 ($2,995 per recipient).

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.2%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 52.5%; rating input score 53
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.49; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.2% of revenue deployed · 52.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $200K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.