The S E L F Help Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134115527
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New Rochelle, NY, USA
Phone
9142357773
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,584
Expenses
$161,252
Assets
$378,449
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GURU MADELEINE (PRESIDENT/COB)
  • JANET CASTRONUOVO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • Guru Madeleine (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • GURU MADELEINE (PRESIDENT/COB): $61,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To produce Thought-patterns, mindsets, belief systems needed to develop self-sufficient, independent, and responsible behavior

What it reported doing in 2024

Through classes led by Guru Madeleine, the seventh sense( telepathy ) is activated within participants to enable them to connect with the power within capable of instructing them on world, self and God. Donations provided to us by students enable us to maintain our lease and related expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.4%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 6
  • 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; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -95.3%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -85.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.4% of revenue deployed · 5.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.