The One Big Circle
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464782875
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Grand Island, NE, USA
- Phone
- 4023709091
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $134,615
- Expenses
- $121,937
- Assets
- $76,598
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Susan McDowall (President)
People named in this filing
- Susan McDowall (President)
- Brian Hopper (Secretary)
- Mark Warnick (Treasurer)
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 purpose of The One Big Circle is to provide diverse opportunities for families and individuals to experience meaningful community based in the principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). The programming of One Big Circle (OBC) is grounded in the principals of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as developed by Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD., and offers an immersive learning experience in compassionate communication, using a clear and specific set of tools to support effective communication and conflict resolution. Each of our events is facilitated by Trainers certified with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Family HEART Camp (FHC) and One Big Circle weekend camp (OBC): Our camp programing is designed to equip families with skills to better resolve conflicts, and build more long-lasting, meaningful family connections. We provide opportunities for adults and youth to learn NVC in settings that are highly conducive to their specific age, learning
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, the One Big Circle served over 150 attendees during three in-person weeklong camp events. We have a global impact with attendees from Canada, Columbia, and the US! Attendees in the US were from eighteen different states: Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $118K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.