The Praxis Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943169015
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Martinez, CA, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,136
Expenses
$57,301
Assets
$34,957

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Westwind (President and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Westwind (President and Executive Director)
  • Lucas Metcalf-Tobin (Secretary)
  • Manuel Alonso (Chief Financial Officer)

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

Founded in 1994 The Praxis Group is a network of individuals with a wide range of skills and experience who are committed to change through community organizing and cultural activism We specialize in helping passionate individuals and groups to create successful and effective projects programs events and organizations in their communities Over the years members of The Praxis Group have contributed many hours of their time and applied their years of experience to initiate new community projects support community organizations in their formative stages and provide much-needed fiscal sponsorship access to banking and technical support in building internal systems.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 Praxis adopted Dancing Saved My Life as a fiscally sponsored program. DSML organizes and hosts retreats for women dealing with cancer. DSMLs mission is to provide a nurturing environment where individuals can build resilience seek comfort and discover renewed hope on their cancer journey towards healing and wholeness.

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 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 36; 36th 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: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $57K 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: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.