Sanatani Seva Sangha Bronx USA Inc
Overview
Mission
To practice hinduism through worship, prayer sessions, recitations from religious scriptures.
What it reported doing in 2013
Basanti puja- worship of goddes durga
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
- 271818086
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-N 2012
- Headquarters
- Bronx, NY, USA
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.3%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 47.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 2.73; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.3% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.