Open Circle Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923097629
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Ojai, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8312545075
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Leadership Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,651
- Expenses
- $111,034
- Assets
- $18,224
- Liabilities
- $13,218
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Adam Rumack (President)
- Jeremy Moore (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Adam Rumack (President)
- Jeremy Moore (Vice President)
- Miriam Jones (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
Our mission is to reweave the fabric of human connection. Rooted in the wisdom of nature, we create experiences that heal trauma, honor the living world, awaken mentorship, strengthen and restore communities, and bridge dividesso that belonging and meaning can flourish again.
What it reported doing in 2025
We served 60 Veterans through wilderness retreats, monthly online listening circles and day long hikes in the wild. We conducted programs in Oregon, California and Alaska. All of these were conducted on a scholarship basis.We served 25 young adults in rite of passage programs, developing character and purpose for their adult lives. We conducted programs in California, Delaware and Alaska. All of these were conducted on a scholarship basis.We served 32 peer recovery, social workers and frontline workers through Open Circle training with four training sessions - 60% of these were on a scholarship basis.We conducted monthly free online listening circles for non profit leaders, community leaders, veterans and recovery communities.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
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: -5.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.