Free Kalmykia Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921351359
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Erie, PA, USA
Phone
2672616908
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,577
Expenses
$944
Assets
$1,546
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Albert Sharapov (President/Treasurer)
  • Nyudlia Araeva (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Albert Sharapov (President/Treasurer)
  • Nyudlia Araeva (Vice President)
  • Dela Leybovich (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

The Free Kalmykia Foundation is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to supporting the Oirat-Kalmyk language, culture, and historical scholarship. Its charitable activities are funded through individual donations and the prudent investment of the Foundation's own assets. We also fund independent research and analysis related to issues affecting Kalmyks today and in the future. Our mission is to foster cultural continuity, education, and informed dialogue within the Kalmyk diaspora and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization awarded a $500 grant to support independent work related to Oirat-Kalmyk language, culture, and research.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 53.5%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 120% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32% of revenue deployed · 53.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $505 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 32/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.