Peninsula Hill Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881153339
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,798
- Expenses
- $48,572
- Assets
- $25,601
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shehul Parikh (President)
- Pragya Chandak (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Shehul Parikh (President)
- Pragya Chandak (Vice President)
- Swathi Ramanuja (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
The nonprofit organization is dedicated to educational and charitable activities with a primary focus on fostering cultural understanding and appreciation. This mission is achieved through the coordination of various initiatives including educational programs cultural events and community forums that highlight Indian traditions and values. By offering social platforms and events in Palos Verdes the organization creates opportunities for individuals to engage with and learn about diverse cultural perspectives ultimately contributing to a more inclusive and interconnected community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Garba Nite is a vibrant cultural festival celebrating traditional dance fostering community engagement and 360 participants. This event promotes cultural diversity encourages social interaction and strengthens community bonds through music dance and festivities. The festival provides a platform for individuals of all backgrounds to come together share their heritage and participate in a joyous celebration of unity and togetherness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% 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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 32; 32nd 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: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.