Words of Peace International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264237620
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Westlake Village, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8053126213
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Media, Communications Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,903,332
- Expenses
- $1,395,011
- Assets
- $1,815,002
- Liabilities
- $39,940
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BARBARA BROGAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BARBARA BROGAN (PRESIDENT)
- ERIC REINEMER (TREASURER)
- RICHARD GRODEN (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of words of peace international (wopi) is to promote and disseminate to the general public the message of peace as articulated by prem rawat. In 2015, the organization continued to further its charitable and educational mission by conducting events in the united states at which prem rawat spoke on his message of peace was communicated. Commencing in 2012, wopi shifted its focus to furthering its charitable mission by raising funds and making charitable project grants to support the work of words of peace global (wopg) and other charitable and educational organizations around the world that are promoting and disseminating prem rawat's message of peace.
What it reported doing in 2024
Words of peace international ("wopi") organized and supported conferences, conventions, seminars and lectures in the u.s., and in other parts of the world, in pursuit of its mission to disseminate the message of peace of prem rawat.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, and 42% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.6%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $27.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.6% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.