The Foundation for Nonduality Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471290307
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Lebanon, NJ, USA
Phone
9174537669
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,557
Expenses
$17,672
Assets
$70,447

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JASON SHULMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JASON SHULMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY ELLIAS-FRANKEL (DIRECTOR)
  • ARLENE SHULMAN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The foundation for nonduality, inc is a non profit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, specifically to make the principles of nonduality thinking and practice, as developed by the work of jason shulman, available to a greater public for the purpose of transforming the individual in order to help alleviate world suffering. Our intention is to educate families, groups, organizations and businesses and medical professionals in the nondual principles we have developed which focus on understanding reality as it is, as the foundational basis for change and healing. Nonduality is a way of living that sees reality from both the universal perspective and personal perspective and knows that the two are intimately tied and ultimately inseparable. To live life from this perspective has implications for personal as well as organizational healing. Since it is not based on belief, but sees the world as it is, nonduality has the possibility of helping us know that w

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants were issued to further the teaching of nonduality through (i) the development of seminars and workshops that guide participants in exploring race and racial hierarchy from a spiritual and nondual perspective and (ii) to develop audio and video productions to reach a wider audience for the teachings of nonduality.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.3%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 58.4%; rating input score 58

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 57.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.99; rating input score 80; 80th 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: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.3% of revenue deployed · 58.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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 27/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.