The Re Synergy Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844679159
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
La Jolla, CA, USA
Phone
8582259208
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,260
Expenses
$45,725
Assets
$34,421

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID EISENBERG (President)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID EISENBERG (President)
  • MARTIN GROSS (SECRETARY/DIRCT)
  • DAN CALISHER (TREASURER/DIRCT)

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 aims to increase public awareness about the significance of biodiversity in the ecosystem, with a focus on diversity of agricultural products and producers. Our goal is to connect people with their food and fiber. We use audio and visual media, including documentaries featuring interviews of farmers, scientists and other researchers. It offers operational support to organizations that further these goals.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the organization continued to focus on supporting make it with wool (see https://makeitwithwool.com). This organization promotes the arts and skills of handcrafting garments and accessories (weaving, sewing, knitting, etc.), with the use of mostly natural fibers. Miww holds state and national contests at various ages and skill levels, with scholarship and grant opportunites in design and completion. It works with the am. Sheep industry and various local and state festivals, supporting wool and natural fiber production. Re synergy funded three contests for miww in 2025: 1) the sweater contest (renewal), 2) renew, reuse, recycle, and 3) producer to crafter. Re synergy subsidized transportation, food and lodging for media coverage of events in California, New York and Texas; printing of banners, posters, and flyers for public visibility and education; garment shipping costs for the contest finalists; and ad placement on the ny festival livestream, with worldwide reach via youtube.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 62.4%; rating input score 62

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: 42.3%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 39.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36% of revenue deployed · 62.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.