Sanatan Bengali Society

Analysis

Sanatan Bengali Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Irvine, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sanatan Bengali Society reported income of $61k and spending of $46k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $41k to $61k (+50%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Sanatan Bengali Society sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Non-Event Inc ($61k), Veterans in Service to Alaskans ($61k) and Exito98 3fm ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $37k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $37k.