Garden State Cultural Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521790110
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Edison, NJ, USA
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $115,884
- Expenses
- $101,082
- Assets
- $177,255
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Subhamoy Sen (Treasurer and Member Board of Trustees)
- Nibedita Bandyopadhyay (Member Board of Trustees)
- Mahua Bose (Member Board of Trustees)
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
Since its formation and in the financial year hence reported the organization has operated exclusively for charitable religious and educational purposes as defined in Section 501c3 of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The organization: 1 Promoted Indian social cultural and religious events 2 Conducted activities as a nonprofit non-political non-sectarian organization; and 3 Devoted its activities to social cultural religious and philanthropic activities of the community in general. In carrying out its objectives the organization organized various events and programs including coordinating and supporting other nonprofit organizations within the community with similar aims and objectives. Such events have been attended by over over a thousand unique attendees throughout the year.
What it reported doing in 2025
Durga Puja aka Fall Festival a two day event drawing over 1000 unique patrons members and volunteers. The program offered variety cultural programs performed by local and international artists arts and crafts competition for kids and an array of ethnic food served by volunteers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $85K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.