Arham Charities
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472097588
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Milpitas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4085487179
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $269,912
- Expenses
- $154,230
- Assets
- $823,574
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amit Shah (President)
People named in this filing
- Amit Shah (President)
- Ami Shah (Secretary)
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. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Arham Charities mission is to provide humanatarian services and work towards animal welfare.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, Arham Charities, in collaboration with the Siddh Divyang Foundation, carried out several impactful initiatives to support children with disabilities: Project "Knowledge Vision"This project utilized assistive technology to enhance the education of primary school children with disabilities. Schools received a comprehensive kit, including a laptop pre-installed with specialized software, an RFID reader, RFID tags in English and Hindi, a portable speaker, and a user manual. This interactive approach aimed to replace traditional flashcards with engaging, technology-driven learning methods.Project "Healthy Baby"In partnership with KEM Government Hospital, this initiative focused on educating parents about developmental milestones from birth to six years of age. With assessments at three-month intervals, the goal was to promote early detection and intervention for developmental delays, ensuring timely support for children in need.Additionally, the foundation strengthened its efforts by appointing Arti Bairagi as a Communication Officer to enhance outreach and communication.Through these initiatives, Arham Charities and the Siddh Divyang Foundation have made significant strides in improving the lives of children with disabilities and their families.In collaboration with Jivdaya Charitable Trust achieved significant milestones in animal welfare: Uttarayan Save Birds Campaign 2024: The Trust reported a high success rate in treating injured birds during this campaign, underscoring their effective medical interventions. FACEBOOK.COMAvian Workshop: In December 2024, the Trust conducted an Avian Workshop aimed at veterinary practitioners, students, and researchers, contributing to the education and training in avian care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 40% for direct work, and 60% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.6%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $125.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 91.6%; rating input score 92; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.9%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.34; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 44.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.6% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $152K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 12 of 14 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.