Sankaran Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934967456
IRS 990-PF coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
3133005801
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$207,423
Expenses
$122,163

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

Overview

Mission

Single Organization Support

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 2 grants totaling $100,000. The stated grant purposes included animal welfare and donor advised fund contribution.

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 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 29
  • Cost Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 95

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 29.1%; rating input score 29; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Fail
    • 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
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: 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: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 70.21; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 29.1% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 95th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.