Ocamora Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Mission Statement: "Ocamora is a place that nurtures healing and wisdom though the intimate experience of self and the natural world. Our intention is to change the way we live." The Ocamora Retreat Center is a seasonal residential center that offers a variety of land based public programs during the warm months of summer (typically from late May through mid-September).
- Income
- $114,753
- Spending
- $120,218
- Reserves
- 6.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Highest pay
- $24,000, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $10,480 spent. Living Systems Leadership / Biomimicry and Social Innovation led by Toby Herzlich and staff September 1 - 6, 2024 18 Participants and 3 Faculty = 21 total Objective: Translating principles of healthy ecosystem into transformational leadership tools
- $10,575 spent. Wisdom of Breath offered by the Grof Legacy Project July 22 -28, 2024 17 participants and 3 staff = 20 total Retreat designed for deep inner exploration using modalities such as GROF Breathwork, art making, journal writing, movement, bodywork, guided time in nature and ritual.
- $10,800 spent. Walking in Both Worlds led by Monika Wikman, PhD and Diane Haug, MA, LPCC September 10 16, 2024 17 participants and 4 staff - 21 total This program combines depth psychology and the natural world. Content (both theoretical and experiential) focuses on cultivating more intimacy with our interior world as it mirrors nature.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 1982.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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