Bhavani Shankara Mandir
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 113068562
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Central Islip, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6312322649
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $298,862
- Expenses
- $109,081
- Assets
- $2,730,177
- Liabilities
- $2,026,420
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PT KOSHALCHAND MOHAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PT CHANDRADEO MOHAN (PRESIDENTTRUSTEE)
- NFN DHANRAM (TRUSTEE)
- NAIT TIRBENI (SECRETARYTRUSTEE)
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
To establish a world-class institution dedicated to the spiritual, cultural, social and educational development of our community through the teachings and practice of the timeless traditions and philosophies of Sanatan Dharma. Today the mandir continues to provide a wide range of religious, cultural and social activities dedicated toward the spiritual, social and educational upliftment of our community. These include regular Sunday satsangh services, yagnas, religious festivals and holidays, and community and social events. We encourage participation in our activities and events by all of our members, particularly the youths of our society to whom the future belongs. As our new Mandir is open, we trust that you will continue to support our program and our efforts to preserve, protect and propagate the teachings and practice of Sanatan Dharma for the betterment of our entire...
What it reported doing in 2025
To operate and maintain a hindu temple in accordance with sacred vedic texts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 35
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 35.4%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: 63.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.03; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 35.4% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $106K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.