Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300742370
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4126683197
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $941,900
- Expenses
- $660,545
- Assets
- $1,316,186
- Liabilities
- $6,944
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIA BARAILY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BHAGI ADHIKARI (DIRECTOR)
- LESLIE AIZENMAN (DIRECTOR)
- JULIA BARAILY (PRESIDENT)
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
Bcap's mission is to ensure a high quality of life for all members of the bhutanese community in pittsburgh and to support their integration into american society through culturally-informed services and activities.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization accomplished the following major goals, in furtherance of its exempt purpose: 1)provided english language and citizenship preparation classes. 2)assisted community members with their n-400, n-600 and i-485 forms. 3)provided homework help and stem based instructions through our after school program. 4)provided community gardening opportunities to promote social interaction among seniors. 5)provided mental health & first aid training. 6)conducted regular women support group sessions. 7)helped new citizens register to vote. 8)provided social services related assistance, completing public benefit applications. 9)organized and hosted events that provided emotional support and engagement. 10)made home visits and provided services to those who did not have transportation. 11) supported families with their rental fees and utility bills, especially single parents with children and those receiving eviction notices. 12)provided culturally sensitive family counselling to help resolve family disputes and reduce instances of domestic violence 13)assisted people in job searches. 14)made hundreds of referrals to outside service providers and coordinated services provision with them where appropriate.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.6%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $23.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- 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: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.6% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $571K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.