Off-kendrik Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825355719
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Norton, MA, USA
Phone
5082853988
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,915
Expenses
$52,000
Assets
$93,115
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SANKHA BHOWMICK (Artistic Director)
  • MAUSUMI DEY (Treasurer)
  • Abhishek Banerjee (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

Off-Kendrik is an independent non-profit 501c(3) organization and a thriving platform for Bengali/South Asian American theater in the greater Boston area. Our journey began more than fifteen years ago with a creative urge to express the immigrant experience through theater. It all started with a nostalgia-themed play, 'Bijoner Chayer Cabin' (Bijon's Tea Cabin), and has since evolved into a dedicated platform for showcasing high-quality Bengali theater. We remain committed to creating original plays and reimagining existing literature to address the rapidly changing world around us, whether in the United States or India. Off-Kendrik's productions offer a unique window into the hearts and minds of the South Asian immigrant community. In 2016, we introduced 'VOICES,' a storytelling segment that encourages broader community participation, sparking dialogues about dreams, aspirations, and the search for identity.

What it reported doing in 2025

We organized two in-house public theater productions (Kids Kendrik and Mini-Thon) and one large South Asian community theater festival featuring performances in seven different languages representing seven Indian states. These cultural productions brought together diverse communities through meaningful, socially and culturally thought-provoking plays rooted in Indian heritage and storytelling.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K 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: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.