Govind Vakil Family Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
334446285
IRS 990-PF coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
6173883571
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,161
Expenses
$9,253

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

Overview

Mission

Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 8 grants totaling $9,201. The stated grant purposes included general charitable support to a public charity described in irc 501c3, poverty alleviation and microenterprise development support for indigent individuals to promote economic self-sufficiency and community benefit consistent with irc 501c3. the foundation exercised expenditure responsibility including: pre-grant inquiry written agreement required reporting and funds restricted to charitable use., and poverty alleviation support for indigent individuals to promote economic self-sufficiency and community benefit consistent with irc 501c3. the foundation exercised expenditure responsibility including: pre-grant inquiry written agreement required reporting and funds restricted to charitable use..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 52
  • Endowment Health: 27

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 1 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 5
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Missing
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Missing
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Missing
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Missing
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Missing
    • Payment to a government official: Missing
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Missing
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Missing
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Missing
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Missing
    • Attempt to influence an election: Missing
    • Grants to individuals: Fail
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Missing
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Missing
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Missing
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Missing
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0.1; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 27th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 27/100.
  • High — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 3 not reported.