VYO USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274029809
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Phone
- 0265 2660255
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Hinduism
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,184,532
- Expenses
- $467,935
- Assets
- $6,557,501
- Liabilities
- $2,598,426
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR SARJU SHAH (PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE)
People named in this filing
- DR BANSI SHAH (CHAIRMAN)
- RAMESH RAKHOLIA (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- BHARAT SHAH (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
With the inspiration of His Divine Holiness Pujya Goswami 108 Shri Vrajrajkumarji Mahodayshri, Vallabh Youth Organization (VYO) has a mission to unite 50 million Vaishnavas worldwide. With the inspiration of His Divine Holiness Pujya Goswami 108 Shri Vrajrajkumarji Mahodayshri, Vallabh Youth Organization (VYO) has a mission to _**unite 50 million Vaishnavas worldwide**_. His Holiness believes that every single human being who has faith in Almighty Shri Krishna and is keen to serve the nation, society & humanity is a “Vaishnav”. VYO believes in the power of education to change lives, making the individuals self-sufficient and thus creating a positive impact on the communities. VYO aids to create an environment where the students can develop their skills, gain the knowledge and experience required to become successful in their chosen career paths. VYO provides access to quality...
What it reported doing in 2024
A religious organisation interested in youth development
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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 - Program spending has grown recently and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 51
- Accountability: 24
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 38.4%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 60.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 38.4% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 38/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.