India Vision Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884205554
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hiawatha, IA, USA
Phone
3192982898
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,140
Expenses
$10,075
Assets
$69

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MEERA JULKA (FOUNDER)
  • MEHAR JULKA (VOLUNTEER)

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

1. Betterment and strenghening of underprivileged families worldwide through organization, training and education. 2. Teaching youth the life skills of teamwork, leadership and reponsibility.

What it reported doing in 2025

Children of incarcerated parents : a 31 year old nonprofit organization committed to the rehabilitation and reintegration of prison inmates, founded by dr. Kiran bedi, the first lady officer of india police service with the prize money of the ramon magsaysay award in 1994. - 10,000 was wire transferred to india vision foundation (kiran bedi) organization, who will spend the funds for the welfare of kids. - mehar julka - visited india (new delhi) between august 29 - september 07 ,2025. - during her stay in india, she visited bawana community center to meet children and their mothers, lodged in different jails. - mehar julka also visited to homes to the children who are now teenagers and manage themselves with the help of their relatives. - travel expenses to india were borne by mehar julka personally. - loadging was managed at kiran bedi's personal residence for mehar julka during her 10 days stay in india. - personal autos were used by kiran bedi, while mehar was in india and by mehar's parents while she was travelling from cedar rapids to chicago and back

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.4%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 7; 7th 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: -59.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -74.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -145% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.