Seeds of Awareness

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 463027361
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2013–2021
Forms available: Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone: 5107880876
Rating: 81
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $45,919
Expenses: $166,432
Assets: $42,825

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

ARASH GHASSERMI (BOARD MEMBER)
JASON GANT (BOARD MEMBER)
SAIRA MALIK (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to transform schools and communities by cultivating empathy, connection, and awareness.

What it reported doing in 2021

Seeds served schools in the bay area with counseling support and mindfulness education. Seeds ceased operations with the fiscal year ended june 30, 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 85
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 13
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 60.8%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -262.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 15; 15th 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: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 60.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2021
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.