Sanatan Dharam Maha Sabha of the West Indies Inc

Analysis

Sanatan Dharam Maha Sabha of the West Indies Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in East Elmhurst, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1981, 45 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2022, Sanatan Dharam Maha Sabha of the West Indies Inc reported income of $55k and spending of $62k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2022, income grew from $48k to $55k (+15%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Sanatan Dharam Maha Sabha of the West Indies Inc sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alive in the Spirits Ministries Inc ($55k), Southwest Writers Workshop ($55k) and PTA Florida Congress ($55k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $322k against liabilities of $2,383, net assets of $320k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.