Hi5 Youth Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822176193
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Saratoga, CA, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,303
Expenses
$70,596
Assets
$77,725

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ravi Padmanabhan (President)

People named in this filing

  • Ravi Padmanabhan (President)
  • Sharanya Jagan (CFO and Treasurer)
  • Laurence England (Chairman of the Board)

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

Hi5 Youth Foundation USA was founded to support the work of Hi5 Youth Foundation India. The founders of Hi5 USA - have been closely following Hi5 Indias activities since late 2015 - and were inspired to incorporate Hi5 USA - to assist Hi5 India to scale and expand its activities. The mission of Hi5 India is Changing Young Lives Through Play and we aim to do the same by : * Providing underprivileged Tribal and Slum children Boys and Girls the means opportunity and coaching to develop into good basketball players great teams and empowered youths. * Inculcate the pursuit of excellence through high quality multi-year multi-level program that enables every child team to experience success and winning moments. * Teach essential life-skills build character and instill the right values in youth. * Instill belief and self-confidence in children to shape their futures and realize their potential

What it reported doing in 2025

Funds were sent to Hi 5 Youth Foundation India for Basketball Excellance Program

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.