Charity Navigator - Rating for Veterans Yoga Project

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www.veteransyogaproject.org

PO BOX 6472
Alameda CA 94501-5172

Alameda CA | IRS ruling year: 2014 | EIN: 45-3606064

SUPPORT THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE AMONG OUR VETERANS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.

Rating Information

Great

This charity's score is 99%, earning it a Four-Star rating. If this organization aligns with your passions and values, you can give with confidence.

This overall score is calculated from multiple beacon scores: 80% Accountability & Finance, 10% Leadership & Adaptability, 10% Culture & Community. Learn more about our criteria and methodology.

Beacon Weights

Historical Ratings

Important note on the timeliness of ratings

The IRS is significantly delayed in processing nonprofits' annual tax filings (Forms 990). As a result, the Accountability & Finance score for Veterans Yoga Project is outdated and the overall rating may not be representative of its current operations. Please check with the charity directly for any questions you may have.

Rating Report

Impact & Results
Accountability & Finance
Culture & Community
Leadership & Adaptability

Impact & ResultsAccountability & FinanceCulture & CommunityLeadership & Adaptability

Accountability & Finance

Veterans Yoga Project has earned a 100% for the Accountability & Finance beacon. See the metrics below for more information.

This beacon provides an assessment of a charity's financial health (financial efficiency, sustainability, and trustworthiness) and its commitment to governance practices and policies.

This Accountability & Finance score represents IRS Form 990 data up until FY 2019, which is the most recent Form 990 currently available to us.

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Accountability and Transparency

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Not Applicable

Board Composition - 6/6 - 25/25 pts

Independent Audit or Financial Review - Has Audit/Review - 20/20 pts

Total Revenue Amount	Expectation to Receive Credit
$1 million or higher	Expected to complete an audit
$500,000 - $1 million	Expected to complete an audit, review, or compilation
Less than $500,000	No expectation (removed from scoring methodology)

Conflict of Interest Policy - Listed - 3/3 pts

Board Meeting Minutes - Documented - 3/3 pts

Document Retention and Destruction - Listed - 3/3 pts

Whistleblower Policy - Listed - 3/3 pts

Website - Listed - 3/3 pts

Financial Metrics

Full Credit

Partial Credit

No Credit

Not Applicable

Liabilities to Assets Ratio - 5.41% - 15/15 pts

Liabilities to Assets Ratio	Amount of Credit Received
Less than 50%	Full Credit
50% - 59.9%	Partial Credit
60% or more	No Credit

Program Expense Ratio - 80.36% - 25/25 pts

Program Expense Percentage	Amount of Credit Received
70% or higher	Full Credit
60% - 69.9%	Partial Credit
50% - 59.9%	Zero Points for Program Expense Score
Below 50%	Zero Points for Both Program Expense AND Liabilities to Assets Scores

Unscored Information

Total Revenue and Expenses - Data Available

Salary of Key Persons - Data Available

IRS Published Data (Business Master File) - Data Available

Data Sources (IRS Forms 990) - Data Available

Pandemic Response - Data Available

This organization was impacted by COVID-19 in a way that effected their financial health in 2020. This normally would have reduced their star rating. Due to the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, we give charities such as this one the opportunity to share the story of COVID's impact on them, and doing this pauses our revision of their rating. Charities may submit their own pandemic responses through their nonprofit portal.

Veterans Yoga Project reported being impacted by COVID-19 in the following ways:

Program Delivery
Fundraising Capacity
Revenue
Staffing
Administrative Capacity
Balance Sheet

How COVID-19 impacted the organization's operations financially:

Much of VYPs fundraising is dependent on grassroots funding efforts with two major campaign occurring in the spring and in November around Veterans Day. Those campaigns rely on a peer-to-peer model of fundraising and donation-based classes or similar events held across the country. Unfortunately, both events took serious hits. VYP relied on the generosity of individual donors and the willingness of grant-makers to work with the organization to allow for the use of existing grants to meet veterans' needs during this time of expanded demand.

How COVID-19 impacted the organization's delivery of programs:

While VYP's Mindful Resilience yoga classes were traditionally offered in in-person local settings, online classes became the go-to as in-person gatherings were discouraged and studios, veterans centers, VA Hospital properties, community centers and other gathering places closed temporarily or permanently. Veterans Yoga Project witnessed an escalating demand for tools to reduce anxiety and stress, diminish the growing sense of isolation, and restore calm to the body and mind. As such, VYP initially moved to a variety of online platforms and ultimately launched an online studio that continues to provide live no-cost classes for veterans, active duty members of the military, first responders, and health care workers as well as their family members and communities. Going forward, VYP anticipates maintaining an online presence to serve those in rural or remote locations who lack access to in-person services and a return to in-person classes as public health recommendations advise.

How this organization adapted to changing conditions caused by COVID-19:

Veterans Yoga Project has always been a predominantly volunteer-driven organization operative in a remote work diaspora. Because our operations were able to continue as normal, VYP focused on shifting our delivery methods so that VYP-trained instructors could continue to teach over 100 free yoga classes each week for veterans and their families. By providing support to all veterans, whether they were/are currently struggling with severe symptoms, or they were/are focused on increasing resilience and giving back to others, Veterans Yoga Project continued to do its part to serve those who serve by shifting our classes and trainings to an online, live format. Additionally, VYP was able to bring one cohort of veterans going through teacher training together for a final week of in-person training as the pandemic wained. VYP worked with existing funders to rework grant agreements to allow for this switch to virtual delivery and to support the acquisition of necessary technology.

Innovations the organization intends to continue permanently after the pandemic:

VYP has also expanded its financial development capacity and looks forward to generating revenues from a wider variety of sources at the local level and nationwide. Going forward, VYP anticipates maintaining an online presence to serve those in rural or remote locations who lack access to in-person services and a return to in-person classes as public health recommendations advise. Additionally, VYP now offers Compassion Fatigue Resilience Trainings for caregivers of veterans, first responders and health care workers. This expanded support of caregivers and frontline personnel who are most likely to experience compassion fatigue will be maintained and expanded over time.

Equity Practices (4/7)
	We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
	We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and/or portfolios.
	We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization/'s programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
	We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
	We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
	We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured
	We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.

Equity Policies and Procedures (2/7)
	We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
	We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
	We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
	We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
	We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
	We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
	We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.

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