Chinmaya Mission NWI

Legal name: Chinmaya Mission of Nwi Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Chinmaya Mission NWI provides individuals, from any background, the wisdom of self-development.

Provided religious, spiritual, and cultural classes to families through out northwest Indiana.

Revenue model: Other-operating. 61% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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

Operating margin: 28.5%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.19; rating input score 48; 48th 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

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -107.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.