Massachusetts Tamil Sangam
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882313973
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Ashland, MA, USA
- Phone
- 8187316427
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development – Religious Leadership
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,435
- Expenses
- $21,743
- Assets
- $20,686
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tanya Desigan (Vice President)
- Manoharan Ganapathy (President)
People named in this filing
- Karthik Arunachalam (Treasurer)
- Suresh Periyasamy (Secretary)
- Tanya Desigan (Vice President)
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 purpose of the association shall be to promote tamil language, culture, art, literature and community service in united states the main objectives are below 1. To work towards helping the tamil community living in united states 2. To stand up for the betterment of the welfare of the tamil community 3. To nurture the growth in understanding the tamil language, culture and literature 4. To conserve the prestigious history of the tamil language by taking it to future generations 5. To help and join hands with other non-pro fit organization for community service activities
What it reported doing in 2024
Pongal Kondattam - Attended 550 people
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.7%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 45; 45th 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: 68.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 51.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.