Purpose Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814427877
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Napa, CA, USA
Phone
7072267600
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Behavioral Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$58,673
Assets
$49,418
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTINE KLUSSMAN (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • LORI REICH (SECRETARY, DIRECTOR): $5,932 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Purpose project, inc. (the organization"), under the direction of principal investigator, kristine klussman phd, is dedicated to the research and dissemination of information on the science of living a deeply connected and purposeful life, and translating those findings into publications, new diagnostic tools and therapies that enhance emotional well-being and thriving.

What it reported doing in 2025

Research studies - self-connectionin 2025, the connection lab continued work to understand how people connect with themselves and what the implications of self-connection are. This was performed through a series of qualitative and quantitative research utilizing both descriptive and experimental studies. Data was collected from various participants in 2025 in a series of the following five projects:1. A meta-analysis aimed at understanding the relationship between mindfulness and meaning.2. A meta-analysis aimed at understanding the relationship between leader affect and follower affect.3. A study examining the effects of stress mindset and values congruence on well-being.4. Three studies examining the effect of meaning salience on well-being during the covid-19 lockdowns5. A study examining how mindfulness leads to subjective well-being through meaning and self-connection.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 69.1%; rating input score 69
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $6K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.