Autism Ashram Awaaz
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881307974
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Tracy, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4083150362
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $843,839
- Expenses
- $826,849
- Assets
- $127,409
- Liabilities
- $4,857
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SATYA GANGA (CEO,DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- SREEDHANAM NANDURI (CFO,DIRECTOR)
- SATYA GANGA (CEO,DIRECTOR)
- Jayasree Peri (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization provides a safe and supportive environment where families of individuals with special needs can gather, socialize, and access needed support services. The program offers a structured, safe, and healthy setting staffed by trained professionals and volunteers, where individuals with autism engage meaningfully with staff and family members. Services include vocational training, life skills development, respite care, and long-term residential care ranging from weekend and holiday respite to full-time residential support.
What it reported doing in 2025
-Successfully completed the first full year of operations for the Turlock Group Home serving children with autism and developmental needs. Based on successful program operations and compliance, the organizations provisional license was converted to a permanent license.-Expanded operations of the Turlock Group Home during 2025, increasing residential occupancy from one child in late 2024 to full licensed capacity of four children by June 2025, while providing continuous 24/7 care and support services for children with autism and developmental needs.-Achieved significant organizational growth during 2025, with revenue doubling year-over-year and employee headcount increasing fourfold to support expanded operations and care services.-Developed and implemented an in-house automation system and operational portal to streamline administrative processes, improve caregiver productivity, and enhance operational efficiency.-The organization was selected by the City of Tracy as the designated nonprofit organization to operate a July 4th community fireworks booth fundraiser.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party 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
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 49.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 42.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $821K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.