Dallas Mariamman Temple
Legal name: Sri Mahaamaari Maariamman Temple of North America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934890445
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Frisco, TX, USA
- Phone
- 4695888351
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $174,012
- Expenses
- $32,959
- Assets
- $230,513
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SARASWATHI GANESHAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SARASWATHI GANESHAN (PRESIDENT)
- VIDYA ADHIYAMAN (VICE PRESIDE)
- BALASAKTHIKUMAR VITTALRANGAN (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve the Hindu religious community and spread religious beliefs—supporting spiritual guidance, religious education, and cultural religious festivals and events. Vidya Adhiyaman serves as the **Vice President** and a pivotal member of our organization. Her unwavering dedication and willingness to serve the Hindu religious community have been **instrumental in shaping our vision and mission**. A devoted follower of Amman, Vidya brings her steadfast support and insightful feedback to every key decision-making process, ensuring the organization’s growth and alignment with its spiritual objectives. Her commitment and leadership continue to inspire and strengthen our collective journey. Vidya is an accomplished Technology Leader, Entrepreneur, Tamil School volunteer, and a proud mother of two daughters** , based in McKinney, Texas, since 2012. She has pas.
What it reported doing in 2024
The purpose of our non-profit organization is to serve our community and spread our religious beliefs.the main goal includes community services and spiritual guidance, religious education, cultural and performance of religious festivals and events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 89
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11.3%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 59.5%; rating input score 60
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 81.1%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.99; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 11.3% of revenue deployed · 59.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.