Orisha Wholeness Corp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863667087
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Bronx, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9175571547
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,141
- Expenses
- $71,669
- Assets
- $13,472
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Pascale Pierre (President)
- Shelly Wilson (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Pascale Pierre (President)
- Shelly Wilson (Vice-President)
- Ashley Thompson (Director)
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
Orisha Wholeness is a community-based nonprofit that promotes wellness, cultural connection, and civic engagement through movement, arts, and community-centered programming at no cost
What it reported doing in 2025
Orisha Wholeness provided free line dance classes and community dance events to promote wellness, social connection, and physical activity, serving approximately 800 community members, including seniors, adults, and families. These programs were designed to create accessible opportunities for residents to engage in regular movement while fostering a welcoming and supportive community environment. The free line dance classes introduced participants to a variety of dance styles and step patterns while emphasizing the health benefits of movement, including improved cardiovascular health, coordination, balance, and mental well-being. Classes were structured to be beginner-friendly and inclusive, ensuring that individuals of all fitness levels could participate comfortably. Instruction also included teaching dance terminology, step breakdowns, and opportunities for participants to practice and build confidence in a fun group setting. In addition to weekly classes, Orisha Wholeness hosted community dance events and social gatherings where participants could come together to enjoy music, movement, and fellowship. These events helped reduce social isolation, particularly among older adults, by creating a vibrant space for socialization and cultural expression. The programming also served as an intergenerational platform where participants from different age groups could interact and learn together. Music selections often reflected a diverse cultural range, helping to celebrate community identity while encouraging participation and joy through dance. Overall, these free line dance classes and events provided a safe, engaging, and health-focused activity for approximately 1500 individuals, strengthening community bonds while promoting active lifestyles, wellness education, and positive social interaction.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.4%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 37
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th 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: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 46.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.4% of revenue deployed · 37.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 31/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.