Mandir
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770649600
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Irvine, CA, United States
- Phone
- 9492222283
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,163,493
- Expenses
- $832,682
- Assets
- $9,057,659
- Liabilities
- $3,636,486
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Deepak Sharma (President)
People named in this filing
- Deepak Sharma (President)
- Aditya Shah (Treasurer)
- Mahesh Gupta (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mandir is a unique devotee-run & devotee-owned temple. The Mandir provides spiritual, religious, educational, and charitable services for and to the local community. Mandir is 'for, by and of' the devotees and managed by self-motivated volunteers offering their time, talent, and treasure and striving for a superior experience to all. 100 of contributions go to the Mandir and not to any individual. Major Events: 1. Maha Shivaratri is an annual festival dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Unlike most Hindu festivals which are celebrated during the day, the Maha Shivaratri is celebrated at night. In the Gregorian calendar, the day falls in either February or March. 2. Janmashtami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the god Krishna on the eighth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada AugustSeptember. 3. Navratri means nine nights - nava nine ratri night. Navratri is celebrates victory of good over evil.
What it reported doing in 2025
Maha Shivaratri is an annual festival dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Unlike most Hindu festivals which are celebrated during the day, the Maha Shivaratri is celebrated at night. In the Gregorian calendar, the day falls in either February or March.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.7%; rating input score 13
- Program expense ratio: 31.9%; rating input score 32
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 61.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.88; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 12.7% of revenue deployed · 31.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $265K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 13/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.