Colombo University Science Faculty Alumni Association - North America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812040824
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Piscataway, NJ, USA
Phone
6142042389
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alumni Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,137
Expenses
$19,049
Assets
$94,078
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Chandrasiri Jayakody (President)
  • Dr Saliya De Silva (President-Elect)
  • Dr Reshan Fernando (Immediate Past President)
  • Dr Sachith Dissanayake (Vice President)
  • Dr Sumedha Jayasena (Vice President)
  • Dr Oshadha K Ranasingha (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Chandrasiri Jayakody (President)
  • Dr Saliya De Silva (President-Elect)
  • Dr Mahendra Munidasa (Secretary)

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

CUFSAA-NA is formed exclusively to foster, maintain and support a mutually beneficial relationship between the alumni of the Colombo University Science Faculty living in North America, the University of Colombo, and the community at large. It is organized exclusively for social, charitable, and educational purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

CUFSAA funds the Synthetic and Drug Discovery Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. This lab will significantly enhance the capacity of advance research, post graduate training and collaborative projects with both local and international partners. 50% of the Phase 1 is funded.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 56.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.94; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -53% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 9 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.