The School Mindfulness Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814399519
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2155000498
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,261
Expenses
$175,572
Assets
$21,604
Liabilities
$1,500

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAIL SILVER (FOUNDER/CEO (THRU 9/24))
  • LAUREN GRANT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAUREN GRANT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $66,688 total reported compensation
  • GAIL SILVER (FOUNDER/CEO (THRU 9/24)): $7,705 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 improve the phyiscal, emotional and academic well-being of underserved school communities by providing sustainable mindfulness education and mindful movement education to staff and students on a school-wide basis.smp provides training to underserved school communities in the philadelphia school district on a school-wide basis. The five phases of the smpeaceful school program include: the mindful teacher immersion (7 weeks), the mindful classroom community training (14 weeks), the mindful teacher training (10 weeks), integration oversight (yearlong), and ongoing yoga classes. Through this direct service model and our signature five-phasecurriculum, a team of smp educators works on-site with classroomcommunities, providing a foundational training in mindfulness tostudents and teachers, supporting them through all aspects ofprogramming, from program readiness to training, and classroom andschoolwide integration of practices.

What it reported doing in 2024

Smp provides training to underserved school communities in the philadelphia school district on a school-wide basis. The five phases of the smpeaceful school program include: the mindful teacher immersion (7 weeks), the mindful classroom community training (14 weeks), the mindful teacher training (10 weeks), integration oversight (yearlong), and ongoing yoga classes.through this direct service model and our signature five-phase curriculum, a team of smp educators works on-site with classroom communities, providing a foundational training in mindfulness to students and teachers, supporting them through all aspects of programming, from program readiness to training, and classroom and schoolwide integration of practices. Upon completion of our program, students, teachers, and the classroom community as a whole, are equipped to integrate mindfulness into the fabric of classroom life, while the school becomes eligible to receive ongoing yoga classes for students. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization: launched a 3-year social emotional learning contract for yoga and mindfulness program delivery in partnership with the school district of philadelphia served kenderton elementary school students in grades kindergarten through 8th between october 2024 and may 2025 initiated a new teacher and administrative staff after school yoga and mindfulness program at kenderton elementary school hired 4 new program instructors to support program delivery

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.3%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 38.9%; rating input score 39
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.3% of revenue deployed · 38.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.