Silambam Phoenix
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263390254
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6028208548
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $198,447
- Expenses
- $226,901
- Assets
- $187,655
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Srimathy Mohan (Artistic director)
- Gopalakrishnan Mohan (Secretary)
- Jyoti Sridhar (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
Silambam Phoenix is a non-profit organization, formed in May 2000 for the promotion and development of the arts, by imparting artistic education and promoting talent in the performing arts. Silambam is committed to promoting artists in the field of Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance) and other forms of classical dance and music. Silambam also strives to utilize the arts to serve the commuting at large.
What it reported doing in 2025
2025 was Silambam Phoenix's 25th anniversary year. We had a whole series of events presented, in addition to our regular programming. All additional events also aligned with the organization's mission. During 2025. Silambam Phoenix presented the solo debut performances of 8 students, between January and June. We began the year with an invited performance at the Peoria Center for Performing arts. 6 students presented a 90 minute performance to an audience of about 125. The anniversary celebrations started off with a solo performance by the artistic director, Dr. Srimathy Mohan (audience of 200 community members), with live orchestra. The major 3 day anniversary celebration saw the presentation of 3 new dance productions. Day 1 featured a group production titled 'Bandhavam' b the artistic director and three other artistic directors from sister dance institutions in Columbus, OH, Houston, TX and Chennai, India. This production also featured 8 silambam students had had an audience of 150. Day 2 was a presentation titled 'Dasa Mahavidya' by the senior students (most of them are currently working professionals who returned to celebrate the silver jubilee) of Silambam Phoenix. Day 2 had an audience of 250 community members. The final day was an all-school production titled 'Prakriti: An Ode to Living', that attracted about 400 audience members. In August, Silambam Phoenix produced and was a part of a 10 day workshop and two presentations of a new musical; titled 'Sati: Goddess Incarnate', in New York. The workshop included a cast and crew of 25 members and the two presentations were full house (each day had 100 audience members). August also saw the presentation of the secondannual Yuva Kala Sangamam - an auditioned festival to promote young artists of South Asian origin. The festival featured 6 musicians and 3 dancers, and 75 audience members. October featured the annual Vijayadasami festival, featuring all current students of Silambam Phoenix. We finished the year with our annual guest performance at Convergence Ballet's production of the 'Nutcracker'. 12 of our students participated in the Nutcracker ballet as guest artists. In addition to these, Silambam Phoenix also presented one classical music concert and two dance workshops.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.9%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 55.7%; rating input score 56
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.9% of revenue deployed · 55.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.