OPA Members Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593681709
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
2072101275
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,675
Expenses
$42,370
Assets
$23,502

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Genieveve Picazo (President)
  • Linda Zlotnick (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Genieveve Picazo (President)
  • Olga Verkhotina (Secretary)
  • Angelina Gronlund (Treasurer)

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

Opa members, inc. (f/k/a the organization for professional astrology, inc.) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization that advances the cause of professional astrology by helping students and practicing astrologers get the information, insights, and experiences they need to foster their understanding of astrology, and launch and enhance their astrology practices. Opa assists astrologers in improving both personally and professionally, and defines and maintains professional standards for the responsible use of astrology. Opa is dedicated to establishing astrology as an eminent spiritual, psychological and holistic tool of understanding. Opa supports astrology in its different streams, and advocates tolerance, ethical practice, high standards, and continual growth of the profession. Opa offers completely unique programs and publications to foster education, community, and professional practice in the field of astrology.

What it reported doing in 2025

OPA Members, Inc. (F/K/A The Organization for Professional Astrology, Inc.) (OPA) is a membership-based nonprofit organization that advances professional astrology through its distinctive certification program that evaluates practicing astrologers' management capabilities, ethical standards, and practical skills. Their certification, open to all astrological orientations, provides practitioners with a respected credential that demonstrates their competence and quality of service, while members receive significant discounts on workshops, conferences, and retreats, making professional development more accessible and supporting their mission to enhance astrologers' expertise and credibility. The organization supports certified astrologers through active promotion while using membership dues and certification fees to fund a 501(C)(3) nonprofit Organization for Professional Astrology, Inc. (F/K/A OPA International Astrology Foundation, Inc.) dedicated to expanding accessible, high-quality astrological education. Through these efforts, OPA works to make astrology more professional, credible, and sustainable as a practice while ensuring global access to valuable and effective astrological services.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 84.3%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd 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: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 84.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.