Sitanjali Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Construction of new schoolscompleted 3 projects in chovisi, pardi and soldhara, gujarat, india and commenced 3 new projects in sarpor, palsana and vaghabari - see below. Combined construction costs were $695,216completed-chovisi primary school- this was a complete ground up construciton of a dangerous, old and poorly constructed school building to a modern 3 floor 20 classroom school (including computer room, rest-rooms and library), which increased the student capacity to 1000 for grades 1-8. The new school is currently operational and a continuing maintenance / improvement plan has been implemented to ensure its survival-pardi primary school - this was a complete ground up construciton of a 110 year old dangerous, wooden structure to a modern 3 floor 15 classroom school (including computer room, rest-rooms and library), which increased the student capacity to 300 for grades 1-8. The new school is currently operational and a continuing maintenance paln implemented to ensure its survival. In 2024 completed the final building and a 300ft compound wall with a gate to ensure the safety of the students.-soldhara primary school : village - population -1,200. Number of students 175. Grades 1-8. This is a 12,000 sq.ft building with 12 rooms. Construction for main building is reinforced cement concrete (rcc). The expected life of the building is 100-125 years with proper maintenance. All old buildings were demolished except one and ground was cleared. The saved building was used to store construction materials. Once construction was complete, the last building was demolished and the ground was cleared. Current open ground can accommodate about 350 students for an event.and commenced-sarpor crematorium- there is no decent cremation facilirty in surrounding villages. This crematorium will serve 12 surrounding villages. The was an open piece of land available owned by the government. This land was allocated for this purpose. Village people are assisting in this construction. There is a storage room for wood and a lrge assembly area for attendees. There will be 2 cremation stations including ash disposal. Estated completed-palsana library - the town has a population of 5000 and 6 schools. This library will serve all of the students for these schools as well as the local population-vaghabari high school: village - population -1,200. Number of students 200. Grades 9-12. This is a 6,000 sq.ft building with 6 rooms. Construction for main building is reinforced cement concrete (rcc). The expected life of the building is 100-125 years with proper maintenance. All old buildings were demolished except one and ground was cleared. The old building will be used for library and computer room.social welfaresitanjali contributed $298,237 towards several other social welfare organisations and inviduals meeting the organizations mission.diamonds in the dirtcontinued "diamonds in dirt" program. Under this program students in canada, USA, germany and india would be sponsored. The students are financially weak and they would have to quit the student programs without this aid. The students were selected on a case by case basis. During the year we assisted xxx students with $329,465 donated towards edcuational assistance

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99
• Fundraising efficiency: $202.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 19.2%; rating input score 19; 26th 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -16%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 12.47; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings