Houston Maharashtra Mandal

Analysis

Houston Maharashtra Mandal is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Houston Maharashtra Mandal reported income of $127k and spending of $144k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $234k to $127k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Houston Maharashtra Mandal sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 46th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Writers Center of Indiana ($127k), Discipleship Tape Ministries Inc ($127k) and Central Print ($127k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $734k against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $716k.

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.