Sri Sarada Mahila Samiti
Legal name: SRI SARADA MAHILA SAMITI Aka Sri Sarada Mahila Samiti of Northern California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611404419
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9167325171
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,040
- Expenses
- $57,395
- Assets
- $197,433
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ranu k Pandey (President)
People named in this filing
- Ranu k Pandey (President)
- Mary A Tamraz (Secretary)
- Archana Newcomb (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
The Sri Sarada Mahila Samiti is an association of women dedicated to the study of the universal teachings of the Holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi and Sri Ramakrishna as taught by Swami Vivekananda in the West. We promote well rounded character development, strengthening head, heart and hands. Our purpose is to provide educational programs in the United States based on the ancient spiritual wisdom of India, and to offer financial support for projects in India and in other countries, enhancing the spiritual well-being of each one of us.
What it reported doing in 2025
1. Our thirty-six Samiti members studied the universal teachings of the Holy Mother, Sri Ramakrishna, and Swami Vivekananda, and appreciated the biannual journal of Sri Sarada Math, Samvit: Knowledge that Leads to Enlightenment. Vidya Pradhan performed daily worship in the Samiti shrine whenever possible. Three in-person Samiti Satsang gatherings were held in 2025 with an average attendance of eleven members. During the fall season, the Sri Chandi was read in person with eight members in attendance. 2. Several members participated in Pravrajika Gitaprana's weekly Zoom class from Ridgely Manor on the Sri Lalita Sahasranama; Vedic chanting classes with Pravrajika Dayaprana of the Vedanta Society of Southern California; and "Ask the Sisters" with Vedanta Society Convent members. Many participated in lectures, retreats and pujas in the Vedanta Societies throughout America. Several Samiti members participate in an interactive worldwide circle of over one thousand women devotees, "Sri Maa Sarada Sadhana", via WhatsApp and coordinated by the Sri Sarada Math, Guntur. Daily postings on Holy Mother's attributes and qualities including music and chanting began from October 2024 and continue. In December, several Samiti members participated in the six part Bhagavad Gita series with live Zoom sessions with Pravrajika Divyanandapranaji in Pangot, India through the newly established Himalaya Vedanta Academy. 3. We held two Parlor talks for our members with visiting Sannyasinis. Also, Pravrajika Vedapranaji, a senior sannyasini of the Convent at the Vedanta Society of Northern California gave a daylong retreat on "Where will we find God?" 4. Our Board also met on fifteen occasions in person and via Zoom during the year. 5.The Samiti promoted the English medium journal of Sri Sarada Math, Samvit: Knowledge that Leads to Enlightenment, and added eleven new five-year subscriptions. We also distributed Samvit to subscribers throughout the United States.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.2%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.44; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 39.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 48.2% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.