Elora J Khan Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933985746
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Villanova, PA, USA
Phone
6095053379
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,649
Expenses
$45,505
Assets
$36,404

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARON PERVEZ-KHAN (President)

People named in this filing

  • SHARON PERVEZ-KHAN (President)
  • ANTHONY KHAN (Treasurer)

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

The Elora J. Khan Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific, and philanthropic purposes, including religious initiatives. The Foundation honors the life and legacy of Elora Joyce Khan by supporting children and families facing pediatric brain cancer, advancing awareness and research, assisting vulnerable children and orphans, and providing charitable care to communities in need.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Elora J. Khan Foundation provided direct charitable support to children and families facing terminal pediatric brain cancer, including assistance with groceries, utilities, transportation, travel, emergency household needs, wish list experiences, bereavement and burial support, and other family care services. The Foundation also supported pediatric brain cancer research, awareness, advocacy, and educational initiatives focused on DIPG and other aggressive high-grade childhood brain tumors. In addition, the Foundation conducted charitable fundraising events, scholarship and educator recognition programs, faith-informed outreach, youth sports awareness initiatives, and community engagement efforts that brought together schools, athletes, families, healthcare partners, and public leaders in support of children and families while advancing progress toward better treatments. The Foundation also supported orphan care by purchasing a home for vulnerable children to help protect them from abuse and trafficking, and by providing ongoing support for food, clothing, education, and basic needs,

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.8%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 42; 42nd 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: 140.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 57% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.8% of revenue deployed · 74.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.