Knights of Vartan Inc Yeprad Lodge 9

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 237145672
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location: Fresno, CA, USA
Phone: 5594727370
Rating: 41
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $91,589
Expenses: $65,004
Assets: $466,290

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

VARTAN VARTANIAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

DONALD ESKENDER (TREASURER)
VARTAN VARTANIAN (PRESIDENT)
DALE J GARABEDIAN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of the organization is the promotin of cultural heritage through moral conduct and character.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual scholarships to achieiving students are awarded by the lodge scholarship committee that reviews all applications. The committee members are from the field of education. Scholarships are given each academic year. Students are judged primarily on their academica acheivements, school and community activities. The scholarships are outright grants that go to assisting with the cost of education at a college or university.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 6
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 71
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 10.4%; rating input score 10
Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 29%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.17; rating input score 89; 89th 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: Limited
Revenue growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 10.4% of revenue deployed
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.