Process Studies International

What it reported doing in 2025

During the year, the organization organized 5 international conferences and symposia focused on process-relational thought and its applications to science, philosophy, religion, psychology, and ecological civilization. These included the Renewing Faith conference focused on process and open and relational theologies and featuring 28 scholars, professors, and ministers as speakers; the Revitalizing Biophilosophy conference featuring approximately 15 experts from a range of philosophical and scientific fields; the Process Philosophy, Plasma Cosmology, and Transpersonal Psychology conference at University of Exeter, United Kingdom, co-organized with the University of Exeter, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the University of Hawaii Manoa; the 18th International Forum on Ecological Civilization and 7th Youth Forum on Ecological Civilization, held at Pomona College and featuring more than 90 presenters from around the world; and the International Symposium on Organic Process Philosophy, Traditional Chinese Culture, and Ecological Civilization, hosted at Zhejiang Normal University and featuring talks by 18 scholars from China, South Korea, Canada, and the United States. The organization also supported ongoing public education through regular webinars, public lectures, and workshops. Topics included cosmology and biology, neuroscience and cultural evolution, process theology, comparative religion, mysticism, psychedelics and transformation, ecological spirituality, eco-psychology, music, poetry, and more. Across these programs, the organization hosted approximately 60 events, featured more than 70 speakers, and served thousands of participants, attendees, viewers, or learners around the world. These activities furthered the organization's exempt purpose by making interdisciplinary scholarship accessible to wider publics, fostering dialogue across academic and religious communities, and cultivating process-relational approaches to contemporary social, ecological, scientific, and spiritual questions. Program revenue in this area largely consists of conference registration fees. Program expenses in this area largely consist of speaker travel and accommodations and related staff hours.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
• Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 30.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 59.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings