Nour Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953992053
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2127490100
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,362,949
Expenses
$957,302
Assets
$37,195,006
Liabilities
$50,643

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA HAUPTMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • FARZIN AZARM (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA HAUPTMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • FARZIN AZARM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • REZA YASSARI (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The nour foundation explores meaning and commonality in human experience through a multidisciplinary and intergrative approach that blends the sciences and the humanities in order to promote a greater spirit of mutual understanding, tolerance, and unity.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation organized and presented a series of probing conversations at the morgan library and museum on the subject of "spirituality in the age of science: conversations on god, transcendence, and mortality." the third event in this three-part series took place on february 7, 2024, titled "rethinkng mortality: exploring the intersection of life and death," with physician sam parnia. A second three-part series, "becoming human: an elusive pursuit," launched on november 14, 2024 with "from biology to culture: the evolution of goodness," featuring evolutionary biologist david sloan wilson. The next two installments in the series, on february 11, 2025 and april 10, 2025, explore the cognitive revolution underway and the notion of human perfectibility. All of these conversations are available for viewing on the foundation's website and youtube channel.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 98
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.4%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 91.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 38.85; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.4% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $708K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $240K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.