Sacred Art of Living Education and Retreat Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931258906
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bend, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5413834179
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $666,333
- Expenses
- $665,077
- Assets
- $170,305
- Liabilities
- $136,857
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Richard F Groves (Founding Director): $67,400 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Sacred Art of Living is inspiring a new vision of caring for self and others. Where hospitals and eldercare are transformed through best practices that address inter-related needs of body, mind and spirit. Where the sacred art of living and dying becomes an essential influence in our schools, workplaces and larger communities. Where faith communities of all traditions offer practical emotional support for the sick, aging, bereaved and at the end of life. Sacred Art of Living provides education and spiritual support to hospices, pastoral, professional and lay caregivers.
What it reported doing in 2024
Anamcara in 2024 is the second year of a two-year program. There were 38 apprentices that continued their journey of discovery focusing on personal spiritual growth and development, deepening the insights learned through the Sacred Art of Living and Dying programs, which are a prerequisite for participation in the Anamcara Apprenticeship. Study groups called Ceili De, met monthly for three hours to engage in discussion or required readings and videos which involve approximately one hour of preparation each week. Apprentices work with seasoned mentors with who they meet monthly to discuss how they are integrating their learning into their personal lives and professional engagements. Graduates of prior Anamcara programs have the opportunity to take program tracks as continued education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 71
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th 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: 0.2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $202K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D other liabilities reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.