The Asha & Lal Sani Family Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
136201183
IRS 990-PF coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125133389
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,438,832
Expenses
$767,689

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Asha & Lal Sani Family Foundation Inc is a nonprofit. Location: New York, NY. EIN 136201183.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 38 filed grant rows totaling $639,192. The stated grant purposes included transform the lives of children through one-to-one mentoring while strengthening entire families in hardship, support families in poverty, and support for addressing hunger and homelessness, plus 22 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 95% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. The filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 88
  • Cost Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 72

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 22.6; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 88.3% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 72th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 40 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories not reported.