The Adi Da Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371745465
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Trinidad, CA, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Reported finances

Revenue
$183,908
Expenses
$45,873
Assets
$234,461

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL BROWN (DIRECTOR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD)
  • MICHIEL VOS (DIRECTOR)
  • ANDREW JURKEVICS (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charitable

What it reported doing in 2024

Da Peace Division of the Adi Da Foundation - During 2024 the Da Peace Division of the Adi Da Foundation: Marketed by running Google Ads and sold printed and electronic copies of Adi Das books Not-Two Is Peace and Prior Unity around the world. Performed work translating the books Not-Two Is Peace and Prior Unity into other languages Spanish German Dutch French Italian etc.. Worked on an audiobook version of Not-Two Is Peace. Performed minor upgrades of the websites www.priorunity.org and www.nottwoispeace.org. Released an upgraded Spanish edition of the book Prior Unity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.5%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 54%; rating input score 54

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 75.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.11; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.5% of revenue deployed · 54% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.