Zero Balancing Touch Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462286012
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Salem, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174617516
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,999
- Expenses
- $20,300
- Assets
- $57,560
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN BEARE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KAREN BEARE (PRESIDENT)
- AMANDA KING (TREASURER)
- JEFF LENNARD (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To engage in activities that promote the use of skilled touch for improved health and vitality, and to otherwise engage in activities permitted by organizations are exempt from taxation unqer section 501(c)(3) of the code and are described in section 509(a)(l) or section 509(a)(2) of the code.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education reviewed and updated educational materials for skilled touch training programs. Evaluated new touch-focused course proposals from established teachers. Led a year-long discussion with zero balancing leadership in six countries to set appropriate guidelines for future teacher training programs. Maintained the global practitioners hub, an online portal of educational resources and information for practitioners to use in the promotion of skilled therapeutic touch. Distributed certificates granting teaching privileges to new members of the zero balancing faculty in the us, spain, switzerland and uk. Iprs protected certified zero balancing practitioners educational investment by renewing registered zero balancing trademarks in the us, eu and uk. Submitted applications for new zero balancing trademarks in switzerland and new zealand. Set up a global trademark watch to safeguard the zb intellectual property. Research journal of transformative touch educating the public, health care providers and touch practitioners about the transformative power of skilled touch through peer-reviewed articles, case reports and research studies. Zbtf members served as volunteers on an editorial board from 2020 to 2025. The journal stopped accepting new submissions and ceased publication on june 30, 2025. The journal is still available worldwide at https://thekeep.eiu.edu/ijzbtt/ conferencing share online video recording of zero balancing founder dr. Fritz smiths last public talk to an international audience before his passing on may 7, 2024. Conduct regular conversations with touch practitioners in 6 countries. Administration ongoing fundraising and newsletter communications. Ongoing website updates and improvements.
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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.2%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.5%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.84; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.2% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.