Center for Spiritual Living Asheville
Legal name: Sprint Rising Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561739331
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2018
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Asheville, NC, United States
- Phone
- (828) 253-2325
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,092
- Expenses
- $122,108
- Assets
- $135,034
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN B WATERHOUSE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN B WATERHOUSE (PRESIDENT)
- BARBARA R WATERHOUSE (SECRETARY)
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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
2026 Commitment Program The Center for Spiritual Living Asheville’s Commitment Program is the way our Center members and friends tell us how much financial support they intend to contribute each year. The Center’s operational spending plan is based on what we collectively commit to give during the coming year. By making a commitment, the Center is able to develop a realistic budget. _“Money is congealed energy and releasing it releases_ _life’s possibilities.” Joseph Campbell_.
What it reported doing in 2018
Faith community skill development program - to assist spiritual communities in developing strong sacred service volunteer programs including mission development, communication and cooperation skills, and strategic planning.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -45.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $90K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.