Sanar Wellness Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473612405
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Newark, NJ, USA
Phone
9736245424
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,275,645
Expenses
$1,126,412
Assets
$678,628
Liabilities
$171,539

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATE E KEISEL-STAGNONE (CO-CEO)
  • SARAH LOTT (CO-CEO)
  • LAURA REVERCOMB (President)
  • LUCIA FOXX (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATE E KEISEL-STAGNONE (CO-CEO): $116,629 total reported compensation
  • SARAH LOTT (CO-CEO): $108,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The sanar wellness institute is dedicated to healing the impact of trauma caused by interpersonal violence through cutting-edge, trauma-specific services, education and support.

What it reported doing in 2025

WELLNESS CENTERSanars Wellness Center is dedicated to healing individuals and communities impacted by traumatic violence through cutting-edge, person-centered care. The Centers Resiliency Program offers culturally responsive, trauma-specific mental health services designed to help survivors move beyond their experiences and build lives that are truly thriving.Sanar provides a comprehensive range of evidence-based mental health services, including: Individual therapy Trauma-informed coaching for survivor leaders Group services Community healing workshopsThe Wellness Center supports individuals impacted by: Human Trafficking Image-Based Sexual Abuse Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Sexual ViolenceTHRIVESanars Thrive Initiative is dedicated to supporting professionals and organizations in integrating trauma-conscious, person-centered practices across the interpersonal violence field. With a diverse portfolio of training, technical assistance, and organizational wellness programs, the Thrive Initiative empowers stakeholders to create more compassionate, trauma-conscious systems of care.a) Training & EducationThe Thrive Initiative offers training and technical assistance for state agencies, federal partners, NGOs, and allied professionals. Grounded in evidence-based and culturally responsive frameworks, Thrive supports: Capacity Building & Professional Development in trauma and resilience Trauma-Conscious Learning and implementation of best practices Customized Workshops & Training, co-created with subject matter experts and lived experience leadersThese offerings are tailored to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and confidence of those supporting individuals and communities impacted by complex trauma.b) Workplace Wellness ProgramsSanar is a national leader in designing custom wellness programs that address the unique needs of frontline staff working with survivors of trauma. The Thrive Initiatives Workplace Wellness Programs include: Interactive workshops focused on mitigating secondary trauma and reducing occupational stress Individual wellness sessions to support personal resilience and emotional regulation Strategies for cultivating organizational wellness and sustainabilityThrough these initiatives, participants gain actionable tools to support both individual well-being and collective organizational health.In 2025, the Thrive Initiative added a new Thrive Specialist to expand facilitation capacity and practitioner support. This provided for the following:* trained and provided technical support for 660+ professionals on trauma's impact on survivors and service providers;* facilitated wellness workshops for 600+ professionals focused

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
  • 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.