Gravis USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 845177094
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9142556734
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $166,901
- Expenses
- $152,838
- Assets
- $17,239
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Anil Lal (President, Dir.)
People named in this filing
- Anil Lal (President, Dir.)
- Roopa Balasubramanian (Vice Pres, Dir.)
- Hayden Kantor (Treasurer, Dir.)
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
Our mission is to provide assistance for rural development and poverty alleviation internationally through sustainable interventions, innovative approaches, and direct community engagement.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our accomplishments for 2025 include:1. Gravis USA donated $151,000 to GRAVIS, a non-profit organization in India that implements rural development and poverty alleviation projects (such as rainwater harvesting structures, schools, hospitals, etc.)2. Gravis USA was founded to support the mission of GRAVIS. Gravis USA has four U.S.-based board members, none of whom have any current affiliation with GRAVIS. In the past, the head of GRAVIS was a board member for Gravis USA so we could coordinate on projects and funding priorities. 3. The funds donated to GRAVIS were used to implement Gender Equality project. Activities included: Construction of 65 water tanks and 67 farming dykes Renovation of 2 ponds Setting up 65 horticulture units Tree plantation in 12 villages and 3 pasture creation 72 trainings for rural community 12 Medical camps Trainings for rural women (12 trainings attended by 513 women). Repair of 1 school building in Jodhpur District (Rajasthan, India). One-year of living expenses for one visually impaired student in Jodhpur (Rajasthan, India).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99
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: 8.4%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th 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: 46.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -68.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.