Bahati Foundation
Legal name: Transcend Foundation Dba Bahati Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271261375
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Phone
- 3237818838
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $340,920
- Expenses
- $240,920
- Assets
- $118,218
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAHSAAN BAHATI (President)
Highest reported compensation
- RASHID BAHATI (Executive Dir.): $13,440 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Transforming young lives through Play Equity by expanding access to sports and play—especially for underrepresented youth—through cycling opportunities, education, and community partnerships. _**Rahsaan Bahati, the President and Founder of the Bahati Foundation established the organization in 2010 with a profound general mission: to expand opportunities for youth in Los Angeles through GiveBACK. His journey from the streets of Compton, California, where he was surrounded by the loving support of his family and a few community negative influences, shaped his perspective. Rahsaan faced crucial choices during his early years. Still, his story took a transformative turn thanks to the unwavering support of his parents, Rashid and Nassoma, both dedicated teachers, an eraser, and a teacher at Davis Middle School Compton who believed in his potential. This fortuitous combination altered.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization was able to participate in several events where donations of equipment and money were made to support kids and their passion for cycling.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.4%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 63.4% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $216K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $13K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.