Sahiyo US Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331605655
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,034
Expenses
$198
Assets
$84,440

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mariya Taher (Executive Director)
  • Zehra Patwa (Governing Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Mariya Taher (Executive Director)
  • Zehra Patwa (Governing Board President)
  • Joanne Golden (Governing Board 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

To empower Asian and other communities to end female genital cutting and create positive social change through dialogue education and collaboration based on community involvement.

What it reported doing in 2025

Survivor Leadership & Community Engagement Programs: Sahiyo centers survivors of female genital cutting FGC through programs that create space for connection healing and leadership development. Core initiatives include the Activists Retreat and ongoing survivor-led engagement opportunities. In 2025 Sahiyo engaged over 220 survivors and community members across multiple countries through virtual and in-person programming. Participants reported increased confidence reduced isolation and strengthened ability to share their experiences in ways that contribute to community dialogue and change.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 426.46; rating input score 100; 100th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.