The International Focusing Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363425089
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nyack, NY, USA
Phone
8454805111
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$521,315
Expenses
$535,547
Assets
$345,126
Liabilities
$197

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nelle Moffett (President USA)
  • Bill Gayner (Vice President Canada)

Highest reported compensation

  • Catherine Torpey (Employee): $117,956 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The International Focusing Institute Inc is an international, cross cultural organization dedicated to disseminating the work of Eugene Gendlin and the practice of felt sensing, as well as supporting individuals and groups world-wide who are teaching, practicing and developing the Focusing, Thinking at the Edge and the philosophy of the implicit.

What it reported doing in 2024

Membership Certification Services The majority of our work has to do with assisting our members and teachers, including dealing with all aspects of certification and connecting members of the community with one another. In 2024, our membership increased to 2,465 individuals from 72 countries We have 238 Coordinators from 36 countries, who teach and offer certification through the Institute. We offer a number of free programs for our members including Roundtablesconversations on a variety of topics Cafecitos or Mesas Redondas Spanish language online gatherings for members, Reading Freshly reading the book Focusing over the course of a year. We continued a new tradition, Honoring Milestones, and added Pop Up Focusing, a chance to connect with others in the Focusing Partnership Network.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 31
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.9% of revenue deployed · 66.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $354K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.