Bridging Indian Culture & Arts
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883820510
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Cypress, TX, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,016
- Expenses
- $57,678
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- VAMSI KRISHNA JONNA (DIRECTOR)
- KRISHNA KAMDURI (DIRECTOR)
- MAKARAND ADKAR (DIRECTOR)
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
BICA(Bridging Indian Cultural & Arts) is established primarily to promote cultural, charitable, educational, religious, and community welfare activities for Indian residents in the Bridgeland community of Cypress, Texas. BICA conducts social, cultural, religious, educational, and volunteer-driven programs that encourage community engagement, preserve and promote Indian heritage and traditions, support youth and families, and provide public benefit activities without profit to its members.
What it reported doing in 2025
BICA organizes annual Diwali and Ugadi celebrations to promote Indian culture, traditions, community engagement, and cultural awareness through music, dance, food, educational activities, and family oriented programs. Persons Benefited. Approximately 500 to 1,000 individuals annually. Expenses Incurred. Approximately 20,000 to 40,000 annually. Program Accomplishments. These events help preserve Indian heritage and strengthen community involvement. BICA also recognizes students, artists, athletes, and other community members for their achievements, encouraging youth participation, volunteerism, and community service.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.