The Enlightened World Foundation C/o J Anthony Carr

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232830237
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
West Conshohocken, PA, USA
Phone
6102601555
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$241,598
Assets
$1,294,002
Liabilities
$1,000

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOSEPH ANTHONY CARR (TRUSTEE)
  • MICHAEL MORELAND (TRUSTEE)
  • AMID I ISMAIL (TRUSTEE)

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

Overview

Mission

To support the dialogue institute ( formerly named the journal of ecumenical studies), temple university - of the commonwealth system of higher education, and villanova university.

What it reported doing in 2024

Inter-religious dialoguethe journal of ecumenical studies (jes), now named the dialogue institute and continuing to do business as the journal of ecumenical studies, was formed in 1964 as the first peer-reviewed journal in the field of interreligious dialogue. Born out of the ecumenical spirit of vatican ii, jes began with an emphasis on dialogue among diverse christian traditions. Its focus quickly broadened to christian-jewish-muslim dialogue and soon thereafter to dialogue among a wide array of religious traditions. The jes helps create and build an international forum for interreligious scholarship. Support of the diversity, dialogue and democracy project, which includes religious diversity tours and public engagement, dialogue and religious literacy certificate courses, a public dialogue forum series and international program development,

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 41.8%; rating input score 42
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.36; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $101K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.