Origami USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133051447
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
- Phone
- 2127695635
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $337,288
- Expenses
- $339,943
- Assets
- $327,653
- Liabilities
- $55,703
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WENDY ZEICHNER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- WENDY ZEICHNER (PRESIDENT): $30,000 total reported compensation
- KATHLEEN SHERIDAN (SECRETARY): $1,350 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
OrigamiUSA's mission is to share the joy of paperfolding, preserve its history, nurture its growth, bring people together and encourage community among paperfolders. Values The core values of OrigamiUSA provide guidelines to the decisions of the Board of Directors, Executive Director and operational management. These values have roots in the history of our organization and are reflective of our mission and the intentions of our founders: Lillian Oppenheimer, Alice Gray and Michael Shall.
What it reported doing in 2024
The annual origamiusa convention is a unique event bringing together paperfolders and origami enthusiasts from all over the world. The event includes the opportunity to attend classes to learn models and techniques, as well as lectures about the uses of origami. Well-known authors of origami books teach many of these classes. All teachers are attendees who are volunteering their time to share their knowledge of origami. The convention also includes a world-class exhibition created from origami models provided by the attendees. This exhibition is open to the public, providing visitors and residents of New York city with the opportunity to see extraordinary works of art. Here is a link to the convention section of our website. Https://origamiusa.org/conventions.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.1%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 63.1%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd 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: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 73.1% of revenue deployed · 63.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $214K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.