Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Mental health counseling program: gender-based violence is a public health issue that affects all communities. Gender, patriarchy, and culture interact in complex ways that influence physical and mental health. As a result of their experiences as immigrants and people of color, south asian and indo-caribbean survivors often suffer from unaddressed complex trauma. Additionally, in many communities, addressing mental health, like addressing gender-based violence, can attract stigma, rejection, and further isolation.sakhi has long been a part of the movement to open a dialogue around mental health, especially as it relates to gender-based violence. As trauma-responsive service providers, sakhi understands the importance of having mental health services be available to the community. Mental health services are neither affordable nor accessible for most u.s. Residents. Furthermore, those services that are available are rarely culturally- or linguistically-specific. Therefore, sakhi's mental health program offers: individual counseling: in sakhi's counseling program, evidence-based practices (ebp) are uniquely honed to include south asian and indo-caribbean perspectives. Counseling services include mental health assessments, individual one-on-one counseling sessions, and referrals/follow up with outside providers if possible.peer support groups: sakhi counselors and program advocates facilitate chai and chat support group sessions open both to clients moving out of one-on-one counseling and clients who prefer a group setting. Some examples of the topics raised by participants/clients in session can include: loss of identity, sexuality and consensual interactions, emotional regulation, internalized shame, psycho-education and redefining boundariesfamily counseling: through the ramesh and kalpana bhatia family foundation south asian safe families initiative, survivors were able to connect with our family mental health counseling program and explore the complex relationships between children, parents, partners, and chosen family in their healing. In many south asian and indo-caribbean households, where mental health is rarely discussed and often stigmatized, this program provides a novel path toward collective healing. Through culturally-grounded, trauma-informed care, families began to ebuild trust, create pathways towards healthy communication, and shift longstanding dynamics. For some, it marked the first time mental health was named not with shame, but with care. Navigating healing in holistic, transformative ways allows survivors to imagine new ways of living.sakhi started providing in-house mental health supportive counseling in 2017, and hired a full-time mental health counselor in 2019. With a dedicated and growing team of trauma-informed mental health service providers, sakhi currently provides mental health services in english, hindi, urdu, bengali, punjabi, and gujarati.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 75.8%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings