Friends of India

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880230429
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7022730423
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,538
Expenses
$70,961
Assets
$42,030
Liabilities
$1,872

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Saroj Chatterjee (President)
  • Pratik Dudhia (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Saroj Chatterjee (President)
  • Bhawna Jain (Treasurer)
  • Pratik Dudhia (Vice President)

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

To promote and preserve the Asian Indian Culture inclusive of sentiment, respect, thought, feeling and moral associated with the living or non-living elements and objects. Hereafter the word "Culture" includes all of the elements mentioned above. To educate, introduce and acquaint Asian Indians and people of non Asian Indian origins, with Asian Indian culture, thoughts, morals and heritage associated with the living and non-living elements and objects. To disseminate the Asian Indian culture and heritage, with the intent to create a sense of respect for the Asian Indian Culture, in a society in any sphere of the universe. To foster understanding and friendship, and communal harmony among various Indian organizations and other ethnic groups.

What it reported doing in 2025

To promote and preserve the Asian Indian Culture in 2025, 2 cultural events Holi and Independance day were celebrated. Diwali the major cultural festival in November was celebrated in person benefitting more than 500 people. To disseminate the Asian Indian culture and heritage, with the intent to create a sense of respect for the Asian Indian Culture, Diwali was celebrated and message was imparted through various skits, songs, dances and speeches. To foster understanding and friendship, and communal harmony among various Indian organizations and other ethnic groups, FOI celebrated indian festivals with Hindu and Jain Temple, Gujarati association, NAPI and Ekal vidhyalaya

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.