The Wisdom Dojo Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933655038
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Newark, DE, USA
Phone
7209856544
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$671,475
Expenses
$569,844
Assets
$162,326
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DI): $100,902 total reported compensation
  • JAMES FITZGERALD (SECRETARY): $77,725 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create and grow a sustainable, community-driven organization delivering the highest quality meditation training to veterans who have undergone psychedelic-assisted therapy.

What it reported doing in 2025

The wisdom dojo teaches meditation to veterans who have undergone psychedelic-assisted therapy. In 2025, the wisdom dojo trained 117 veterans in our flagship meditation program (accelerated mind performance - fundamentals) which consists of 10 hours of 1:1 meditation instruction. After students complete fundamentals training, they're welcomed into the community for weekly group meditation class. In 2025, the wisdom dojo saw an average attendance of 75 veterans per week. Furthermore, the wisdom dojo offers meditation training for experienced students (accelerated mind performance - advanced) which consists of 7 hours of 1:1 instruction. In 2025, 50 veterans completed advanced training. The wisdom dojo added two new programs in 2025 ((1) accelerated mind performance - master and (2) accelerated mind performance - arc). Master training is a continuation of the accelerated mind performance program that further supports participants integration and internal peace after students have completed the advanced training. In 2025, 30 students completed master training. Our arc program is a proprietary relational training that teaches participants key relational skills to support their activities of daily living. In 2025, 43 students completed arc training. In addition to direct instruction, the wisdom dojo organizes and oversees group meditation retreats. In 2025, 75 veterans participated in wisdom dojo meditation retreats with excellent satisfaction. In 2025, the wisdom dojo's programs impacted 315 veterans, a 46% year over year increase.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $334.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 91.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $469K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.