Oregon · Nonprofit
SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC
SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,757 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($345,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $666k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $444k
- Net assets
- $33k
What Sacred Art of Living Education and Retreat Center Inc does
Mission
Sacred Art of Living is inspiring a new vision of caring for self and others. Where hospitals and eldercare are transformed through best practices that address inter-related needs of body, mind and spirit. Where the sacred art of living and dying becomes an essential influence in our schools, workplaces and larger communities. Where faith communities of all traditions offer practical emotional support for the sick, aging, bereaved and at the end of life. Sacred Art of Living provides education and spiritual support to hospices, pastoral, professional and lay caregivers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
SALC organized a Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland. There were 40 participants, 1 retreat leader and 1 staff member on a 10-day journey of learning. Daily pilgrimage programs with our retreat leader and historian visiting several historical sites. The Pilgrimage is hands on experience of the historical and cultural teachings of our programs. The Pilgrimage began in Glasgow touring through the Scottish Highlands to the village of Oban and continuing on to the Isle of Iona.
$85,380 spent$109,850 earned by the program42% of program spendingSALC organized a Pilgrimage to Native SW (New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah). There were 18 participants 1 retreat leader and 1 staff member on a 10-day journey of learning. Daily pilgrimage programs with our retreat leader and historian visiting several historical sites. The Pilgrimage is a hands-on experience of the historical and cultural teachings of our programs. Guided tours in Mesa Verde National Park Monument Valley Navajo Trial Park, Chaco Canyon World Heritage Site, the prehistoric Acoma & Taos Pueblos and the Healing Sanctuary de Chimayo. Pilgrimage will also include visits to artisan communities of Santa Fe and Old Town Albuquerque.
$49,883 spent$79,920 earned by the program25% of program spendingAnamcara in 2024 is the second year of a two-year program. There were 38 apprentices that continued their journey of discovery focusing on personal spiritual growth and development, deepening the insights learned through the Sacred Art of Living and Dying programs, which are a prerequisite for participation in the Anamcara Apprenticeship. Study groups called Ceili De, met monthly for three hours to engage in discussion or required readings and videos which involve approximately one hour of preparation each week. Apprentices work with seasoned mentors with who they meet monthly to discuss how they are integrating their learning into their personal lives and professional engagements. Graduates of prior Anamcara programs have the opportunity to take program tracks as continued education.
$27,790 spent$63,820 earned by the program14% of program spendingOnline subscriptions Soul & Science, Art of Living & Dying Series, Spirit of the Enneagram, Tree of Life, Webinars
$38,931 spent$233,061 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $201,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $155k to $192k (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Daniel L Martin
Chair of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $38k → $40k.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 100% · 2021 78% · 2022 75% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $444k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $444k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC
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In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC?
- SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,757 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($345,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $443,757 in grants to SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $345,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SACRED ART OF LIVING EDUCATION AND RETREAT CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing