Desh Bandhu Bindal Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844019100
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2023
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4088571564
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$2,520

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2023

The foundation reported 1 filed grant row totaling $501. The stated grant purpose was charitable.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The foundation carried out 80% of its reported charitable disbursements directly.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and a relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 29
  • Cost Efficiency: 20
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 99

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 29.2%; rating input score 29; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 20; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 347.48; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 29.2% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 99th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 20/100.