The Bhandari Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770377365
IRS 990-PF coverage
2013–2017
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2017
Location
Emeryville, CA, USA
Phone
5109221535
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,517
Expenses
$3,536

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2017

The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $2,500. The stated grant purpose was general support.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filing clearly reports transactions involving insiders. Some filed totals do not add up and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 81
  • Endowment Health: 92

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • 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: 5; rating input score 62

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 41.41; rating input score 92; 92nd 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
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 92th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 5 of 8 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Assets equal liabilities and net assets did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Balance sheet boy total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Balance sheet eoy total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.