Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770490360
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Phone
6613222206
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,862,853
Expenses
$2,978,117

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Independent Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 22 filed grant rows totaling $1,940,380. The stated grant purposes included meals for the homeless, academic support., and to secure peace, affluence and invincibility for life everywhere on earth by providing prepetual support for large groups practicing transendental meditation., plus 10 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 81% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 65

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 21.15; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 65th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.