Assam Foundation of North America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
610994468
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Canton, MI, USA
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,712
Expenses
$122,523
Assets
$144,773

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chandan Mozumder (President)
  • Nabarun Das (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Chandan Mozumder (President)
  • Violeena deka (Secretary)
  • Enakshi Hazarika (Board of Director)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Assam Foundation of North America is a publicly supported non-profit organization with foundation status serving since 1982 under section 509a of the Internal Revenue Code with tax exemption under section 501c3 with Tax ID. #: 61-0994468. Assam Foundation of North America encourages and facilitates organizational and individual efforts to further mutual understanding and cooperation between Assam and North America. Assam is a state in the north-eastern part of India. The foundation specifically seeks to: Assist institutions in promoting social cultural technical medical and educational exchanges between Assam and North America Encourage and recognize contributions toward the betterment of Assam and toward the promotion of goodwill and friendship between Assam and North America -Provide technical journals text books and equipment to institutions of learning health care institutes and other organizations serving Assam and North America.

What it reported doing in 2025

AFNA recently contributed to the Rural Volunteers Center an NGO from Akajan Dhemaji for the construction of boats in this flood-prone area. Five boats were constructed in 2024. Dr. Lohit Datta Barua was a significant contributor and two of the boats were named after his grandmother according to his request.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.3%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 53.6%; rating input score 54

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.3% of revenue deployed · 53.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.