Saheli Inc

Overview

Mission

To empower south asian women and families to lead safe and healthy lives. Saheli offers free services to the underserved south asian women experiencing domestic abuse who face barriers to legal systems, public benefits, and achieving safe and healthy lives due to linguistic, cultural, transportation and resource barriers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Domestic violence prevention program - serving south asian women from afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, india, pakistan, maldives and sri lanka. Our trained advocates provide vital services to vulnerable women who are confronted by domestic violence and may be in crisis. Saheli provides services in seven south asian languages and our trained advocates understand the culture that these vulnerable women come from. Our services include: responding to helpline calls, safety planning with clients, counseling, advocacy crisis funding ($200/person/year), support groups, parenting workshops and economic empowerment programs. Saheli also collaborates with seven large domestic violence organizations in Massachusetts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 65% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030547972
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Burlington, MA, USA
Phone
8664724354
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,849,016
Expenses
$1,567,110
Assets
$1,471,103
Liabilities
$293,246

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.5%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $63.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th 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

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.5% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

People named in this filing

  • NEELAM WALI (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • ADITI SONI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RUCHIKA YADAV (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024.