Bhaskara Prakasha Ashram

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821628468
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Parker, CO, USA
Phone
7206303855
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hinduism
Affiliation
Hinduism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$328,704
Expenses
$210,071
Assets
$491,027
Liabilities
$1,855

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • C Y Ranganathan (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • C Y Ranganathan (PRESIDENT): $52,604 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The not for profit organization is incorporated exclusively for advancing, teaching, training and practising ancient sri vidya tantras and to provide relief of poverty for the public. The corporation also aims to provide food, clothing, and necessities to poor individuals and families within the scope and reference of/outlined in section 501 (c)(3) of us tax code. The corporation is one of the few organizations in USA that specializes in teaching scriptures relating to ancient tantra called sri vidya. This special branch of tantra is several thousand years old and will complement other hindu religious practices being followed in USA.

What it reported doing in 2025

The not for profit organization is incorporated exclusively for advancing ancient srividya tantras and to provide relief of poverty for the public. The corporation is one of the few organizations in USA that specializes in teaching scriptures relating to sri vidya tantra. In mid july 2025, the organization organized a event in northeast USA, where in community wide devotion was ignited. For the same, the event was organized for 6 days in milltown, nj in july 2025 which had devotees flew from all over USA.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 16
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.34; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $197K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.