Iskcon of Harrisburg

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205686684
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7173202913
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Hinduism

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,751
Expenses
$145,432
Assets
$206,699
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANITA KODWIN (President)

People named in this filing

  • GEOFFREY WALKER (Governing Body Commissioner)
  • ANITA KODWIN (President)
  • BENNY TILLMAN (Board Member)

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

Religious and Charitable Institution. To propagate spiritual consciousness through the Vedic Scripture and to spread the Holy Name of the Lord by the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. Distribution of literature to achieve the purpose listed above. Holding of indoor temple festivals and outdoor yearly festivals for the same purpose.

What it reported doing in 2025

Weekly religious services (Sundays) involves sharing Vedic culture and teachings with Harrisburg and surrounding communities. Includes separate, simplified version for children. Attendance, approximately 5000 for the year 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.3%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.3% of revenue deployed · 14.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.