Sapan Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933105901
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,565
Expenses
$59,443
Assets
$69,476

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FAUZIA DEEBA (President)

People named in this filing

  • FAUZIA DEEBA (President)
  • RICHARD MURPHY (Treasurer)
  • KHUSHI KABIR (Director)

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

The sapan foundation will carry out charitable, scientific, literary or educational activities, and to promote peace and dialogue across the south asian and indian ocean regions and the diaspora. It will educate the public, publish news and information in the public interest, and organize public discussions, events and seminars.

What it reported doing in 2025

The SAPAN Foundation promoted peace, dialogue, and public understanding across the South Asian and Indian Ocean regions and diaspora communities through charitable and educational activities. During the year, the organization organized public discussions, educational forums, and community events designed to encourage cross-cultural understanding, civic engagement, and informed public discourse. The organization also published and distributed news, educational materials, and information in the public interest relating to social, cultural, economic, and regional issues affecting South Asian and Indian Ocean communities. These activities furthered the organizations exempt educational and charitable purposes by increasing public awareness, supporting community collaboration, and fostering peaceful dialogue among diverse populations. Additional exempt purpose achievements included outreach efforts, educational programming, and partnerships with community leaders, scholars, and nonprofit organizations to advance cultural understanding, public education, and international cooperation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 52; 52nd 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: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.