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Legal name: Bengali Cultural Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222424690
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Mt Laurel, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 2672437317
- Rating
- 97
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $170,156
- Expenses
- $165,284
- Assets
- $158,990
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Monika Dhar (President)
- Sangeeta Bose (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Monika Dhar (President)
- Sangeeta Bose (Vice President)
- Dr Chaitali Dey (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
BCS (Bengali Cultural Society of South Jersey) is a non-profit created to promote, preserve, and share Bengali and Indian cultural traditions—fostering a sense of community and understanding among residents of South Jersey through cultural and community activities. Bengali Cultural Society of South Jersey (BCS) celebrates Bengali festivals through various Pujas, traditional music and dance performances. Through these events the members of the community not only nurture cultural understanding but also reconnects to their cultural roots. Each year BCS hosts grand events for Durga Puja, Saraswati Puja, Lakshmi Puja and Kali Puja. These festivities are not just religious observances but vibrant community gatherings that feature music, dance, theatre, and culinary delights. Our Annual Cultural Function and Annual Picnic further provide platforms for artistic expression and community...
What it reported doing in 2025
The Bengali Cultural Society (BCS) of South Jersey, is a non-profit organization created to promote cultural, charitable, and educational activities like Ronald McDonald-Toy Donation, Cultural Programs, educational support. BCS strives to be a bridge between generations and culture, ensuring that the timeless values and traditions continue to enrich the multicultural fabric of America.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 2.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $165K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.