Tamil Sangam of Central Indiana Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262286611
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Carmel, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3175228445
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Humanities Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,712
- Expenses
- $85,286
- Assets
- $76,150
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ramkumar Venkatachalam (President)
- Sridevi Gunasekaran (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Ramkumar Venkatachalam (President)
- Karthik Kamaraj (Secretary)
- Jayapradha Nammalwar (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 primary mission of TSCI is the promotion and perpetuation of Tamil language and culture by organizing social and cultural events, celebrating major Tamil festivals, teaching Tamil language to children, participation and sponsorship of charitable causes.
What it reported doing in 2025
To promote fellowship and perpetuate Tamil language and culture, TSCI organizes social and cultural events to celebrate major Tamil festivals. Operating on a membership model, TSCI welcomes anyone with an interest in Tamil language and culture to join. Additionally, TSCI receives sponsorship from local businesses, which helps support its activities. Each year, TSCI conducts four or more cultural events, funded by membership and sponsorship fees. These events attract approximately 400 to 600 Tamil patrons from the central Indiana region. The events are organized and conducted entirely by volunteers, demonstrating the strong community spirit within TSCI. Additionally, TSCI provides volunteering opportunities for young people through its Youth Volunteer Committee, fostering leadership and community engagement among the younger generation. During these gatherings, children participate in competitions such as Tamil speech, drawing, and chess, and showcase performances in singing, dancing, and traditional Tamil martial arts. Typically, each event lasts about six hours, with food and beverages provided to all attendees.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 45; 45th 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: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $85K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.