Iowa Tamil Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452749672
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Waukee, Iowa, USA
Phone
+1 (515) 518-0630
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,804
Expenses
$46,217
Assets
$53,452
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Prakash Arumugam (President)
  • Sanjay Thangavel (Vice President Events)
  • Karthikeyan Thangaraj (Vice President Membership)

People named in this filing

  • Prakash Arumugam (President)
  • Sanjay Thangavel (Vice President Events)
  • Karthikeyan Thangaraj (Vice President Membership)

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 unite and empower Tamil-speaking individuals in Iowa by promoting and preserving Tamil culture, language, arts, and traditions. We are dedicated to fostering community development, service, and lasting friendships while creating goodwill through cultural events, educational programs, and collaborative initiatives that celebrate and strengthen the Tamil-speaking community across the state.

What it reported doing in 2025

1) Conducted Tamil school 2) Taught Tamil arts like Parai and Silambam 3) Held cultural events for the kids to showcase the what they have learnt in school, Parai and Silambam

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 - 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: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -34% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.