World Ayyappa Seva Trust

Legal name: World Ayyappa Seva Tatwasamaj

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472030704
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Mamaroneck, NY, United States
Phone
914-439-4303
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hinduism
Affiliation
Hinduism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,807
Expenses
$116,129
Assets
$960,779
Liabilities
$483,143

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PARTHASARADHI PILLAI (President)
  • GOVINDAN JANARDHAN (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHANDRAN PUTHIYAVEETTIL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PARTHASARADHI PILLAI (President)
  • PADMAJA PREM (GENERAL SECRETARY)
  • SREEKUMAR UNNITHAN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To hold religious worship within the context of Hindu Religion for every one. Westchester Ayyappa Swami Temple is pleased to inform you that WAST has Signed contract for a Temple property at Mamaroneck, NY 10543. This beautiful building is conveniently accessible to the whole Tristate Indian community. For over two and half years, the temple committee diligently worked under the leadership of Guruswami Sri.Parthasaradhi Pillai to generate funds to bring this dream come true. World Ayyappa Seva Trust thanks you all for your support. May Lord Ayyappa bless you and your family. To fulfil this Ayyappa temple dream we are in need of a lot of support from you all .We are in need of a helping hand to build a first of its kind Lord Ayyapa Temple in New York . World Ayyappa Se.

What it reported doing in 2025

Donations

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 26
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 44.4%; rating input score 44; 18th 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: 19.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.27; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 18 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.