India Heritage Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201722833
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dublin, OH, USA
Phone
5105413968
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hinduism
Affiliation
Hinduism

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,254,467
Expenses
$1,022,005
Assets
$6,498,802
Liabilities
$475,724

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KISHORE REDDY NANDYALA VENKATA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAVAGADA ANIL VIJAYA DATT (PRESIDENT & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • KISHORE REDDY NANDYALA VENKATA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAVAGADA ANIL VIJAYA DATT (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • MADHUSUDAN SIVASANKAR (CHAIRMAN)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To systematically propogate spiritual knowledge to society at large in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world. To bring the members closer together for the purpose of teaching a simpler more natural way of life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Festival & deity ritual services accounts for the collections that we receive from visitors and congregation towards deity services and rituals on festival days and special days like bithdays and anniversaries.ritual services: accounts for collections from cow ritual services and non festival ritual services offered at the temple that visitors and the congregation contibute towards.other: includes revenue and expenses from 1) sunday school: for children where we teach positive values moral principles of life thru activites of coloring, painting, storytelling and drame. 2) sale of books and gifts- where we sell devotional items and books authored by hg srila prabhupada and 3) other events- which include but are not limited to special rituals that are performed by a person at various ages of their life for spiritual upliftment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.4%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $73.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.7%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.36; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.4% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $994K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.