Bharat Sevashram Sangha, NJ Chapter
Legal name: Bharat Sevashram Sangha of North America Inc
Overview
Mission
To provide religious and cultural services to the community
What it reported doing in 2024
Religious and cultural services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223545677
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Kendall Park, NJ, US
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
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 the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.7%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45.1%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 19.83; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 58.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $171K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2012 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.