Oracle Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260108053
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Independence, VA, USA
Phone
2767733308
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,952
Expenses
$39,312
Assets
$912,848
Liabilities
$440,040

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Laura George (Executive Director, President)
  • Stephen Dynako (Director, Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Laura George (Executive Director, President)
  • Stephen Dynako (Director, Vice President)
  • Steven Truitt (Director, Treasurer, Webmaster)

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

Oracle's mission is to promote a culture of peace through spiritual growth and sacred activism. We pursue this mission by hosting interfaith, social justice and other relevant classes and events; conducting think-tank level research on human development and consciousness; publishing books; engaging in public outreach; and participating in local, national, and global humanitarian events.

What it reported doing in 2024

Peace Practice: Oracle also conducts research on the nexus between religion, politics, human rights, and conscious evolution. Our Peace Practice programs primarily focus on the status of Women's Rights in America and around the world. We also study and address the decline in Democracy (internationally and in the U.S.), and the loss of civil and religious rights. We pay particular attention to current trends related to war and the rise of Authoritarianism and Christian Nationalism. We assess global regression along the "Spectrum of Consciousness" based on social models such as Integral Theory and Spiral Dynamics. Oracle received most of its donations (recorded under Contributed support) in support of these efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.6%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 21
  • Fundraising efficiency: $73.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -131.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.22; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.6% of revenue deployed · 20.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.