Tengu Center for Community Wellness Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933016844
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cohoes, NY, USA
Phone
5182652191
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$170
Expenses
$819
Assets
$-4
Liabilities
$384

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARIFFA BEVIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CJ CALINGO (SECRETARY)
  • DIANE CARRION (TREASURER)
  • ADRIAN SALAZAR (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The tengu center or community wellness is dedicated to improving commuity well-being through wellness-related programming, events and activities that support overall wellness. Our services include lifestyle wellness actitivies, educational workshops, community events designed to

What it reported doing in 2025

The tengu center for community wellness is dedicated to improving commuity well-being through wellness-related programming, events and activities that support overall wellness. Our services include lifestyle wellness actitivies, educational workshops, community events designed to promote healthier living. We collaborate with community organizations and businesses to expand access to wellness resources and tailor programs to the community. Through these efforts, the tengu center for community wellness fosters a healthier community by providing accessible wellness programming that empowers individuals to make informed choices about their well-being.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -381.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: -0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -79.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -159.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $819 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.