Friends of Tibetan Settlements in India
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841605606
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Boulder, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3034944130
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $93,797
- Expenses
- $62,713
- Assets
- $149,189
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHELA V KUNASZ (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
People named in this filing
- CHELA V KUNASZ (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
- MS FOX MAGDOVITZ (SECRETARY)
- MR KEN BERNSTEIN (DIRECTOR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help provide essential medical services, basic support, education, self-sufficiency and hope to those in tibetan settlements in india who have recently suffered major difficulties.
What it reported doing in 2024
For central tibetan relief committee: purpose to provide emergency and health services, post high school scholarships, road repair, etc., over 35 individuals were served, plus hundreds more generally--the road repair has aided all in a small village. 2024 grants paid were $29,907. For the jangchub nunnery: purpose to provide the 250 nuns there with medical bill coverage, educational and other basic aid. 2024 grants paid were $8,605. For the dre-gomang buddhist cultural association: purpose to provide aid at a school and monastery serving over 500 people, including 300 boys and girls (monastics and lay children), and aid for over 50 with funds for medical needs including major surgeries. 2024 grants paid were $8,320. For the s.o.s. Tcv bylakuppe: purpose to provide aid for 9 students at bylakuppe and for 3 s.o.s. Tcv graduates at colleges and universities. 2024 grants paid were $5,200. For tibetan children's education and welfare fund (tcewf): purpose to provide food and supplements to
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 33.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.38; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $60K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.