The Travelers Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954471689
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-PF 2017, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,046
Expenses
$126,181
Assets
$465,620

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Morton (President and Director)
  • Leigh Taylor-Young (Vice President and Director)

People named in this filing

  • John Morton (President and Director)
  • Leigh Taylor-Young (Vice President and Director)
  • Olga Abrams (Secretary and Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Spiritual awareness peace and charitable service

What it reported doing in 2024

Supporting spiritual awareness peace and service through social media with website daily blessings instagram facebook twitter and more. 14,000+ people benefited.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 48

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -85.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.69; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 48.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.