Rudra Narayana Hindu Temple
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 932940113
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Georgetown, TX, USA
- Phone
- (512) 545-0473 (WhatsApp)
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,433
- Expenses
- $77,445
- Assets
- $14,497
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VENKATA S PANCHAGNULA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- VENKATA S PANCHAGNULA (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
Rudra Narayana Hindu Temple (RNHT) provides a platform for spiritual growth, learning, and community building, offering traditional Hindu services and programs (including daily pujas, cultural events, educational programs, and charitable initiatives) in the Austin, Texas area. Rudra Narayana Hindu Temple** (RNHT) is a sacred haven for devotees seeking **spiritual growth, peace, and connection** with the **divine**. RNHT provides a platform for spiritual growth, learning, and community building, accessible to devotees from all over the world. Rudra Narayana Hindu Temple was founded by Pandit Aditya Sharma, who had a vision to create a spiritual hub for the community. With his dedication and perseverance, RNHT was **established in 2022**. Later, Pandit Raghuram Sharma joined Pandit Aditya Sharma, bringing his own expertise and passion to the temple. Together, they have guided RNHT to...
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote knowledge and understandings of hindu dharma and respect for all religions among youth and younger generations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 88%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $62K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.