Ishan Gala Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263776398
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Phone
- 4342344664
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cancer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,096
- Expenses
- $115,636
- Assets
- $193,503
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Mayank Gala (Founder/Board Member)
- Sejal Gala (Founder/Board Member)
- Anita Smith (Secretary)
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
IGF is present in the lives of children and their families fighting cancer to improve their quality of life during and after treatment. We offer Financial Assistance, Holiday Cheer Program, Comfort Packages, and Emotional support.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, IGF provided $7,000 in financial assistance to families across the U.S. with a child fighting cancer, as well as $8,500 in food and housing assistance. We provided 100 comfort packages to families in Virginia. We also supported 67 families through our Holiday Cheer program fulfilling wish lists, resulting in over $17,000 in gift assistance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
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: 23%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.67; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $105K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.