Mithil Prasad Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822331553
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4088860665
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,622
Expenses
$131,223
Assets
$85,243
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarva Channarajurs (President)
  • Rachna Prasad (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarva Channarajurs (President)
  • Rachna Prasad (Vice President)
  • Prasad Rao (Treasurer)

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

Supporting DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma) research and patients.

What it reported doing in 2025

Supporting research laboratories using AI technologies to improve outcomes for pediatric brain tumor patients, including Dr. Praveen Raju's lab at UCSD and Dr. Sabine Mueller and Dr. Sebastian Waszak's labs at UCSF through the PNOC Foundation. Continuing support for a successful DIPG nurse navigator program and providing patient support through PBTF's Butterfly Fund and Aroh. Supporting patients through grants to the DIPG/DMG National Tumor Board through DDRFA. Increasing awareness and advocating for patients and families through participation in forums, outreach efforts, and meetings in Washington, DC to increase awareness and federal funding for childhood cancer research and support programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93

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: 6.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 45; 45th 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: 62.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.