Sindhi Association of Central Ohio
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311714068
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Delaware, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6142188832
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,766
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $37,779
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BIPIN SADHWANI (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BIPIN SADHWANI (PRESIDENT)
- HITESH NAWANI (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
Sindhi Association of Central Ohio is non profit organization which helps in promoting the Sindhi Culture and values around the Ohio region. Our organization relies on team volunteers for the day to day operation and governance. All funds are used for general community events and donations to any charities in need, for eg: Food Bank, YWCA, Ronald McDonald house, etc. We also maintain close affiliations with other non-profit organizations in/around Columbus area.
What it reported doing in 2025
SACO organized a few cultural events to bring the Asian/Indian community together and promote Sindhi culture. This also gave an opportunity for the kids to perform in various activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.1%; rating input score 57
- 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: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 77.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.1% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.