Silambam Houston

“The Executive Artistic Director prepares and thoroughly checks Form 990, then forwards the completed DRAFT form to the entire Board, who also receive quarterly and annual financial statements. The Board has a minimum of a week to review before the second quarter Board meeting, where any concerns can be brought up. If there are no changes or queries, the Board Treasurer signs form 990 and it is submitted to the IRS.”

“Process for determining compensation of Executive Director and key personnel: Compensation of the Executive Artistic Director is set by the Board, and is based on comparable data from other similar organizations. Compensation of all other personnel is proposed by the Executive Director, based on data from similar organizations and roles, and approved by the Board.”

“Our governing documents and conflict of interest policy are readily available on request. Financial statements and Forms 990 are available on our Guidestar Profile and also available on request. Our Guidestar profile also contains information on organizational and governance policies and practices.”

“Due to the pandemic, several of our programs were moved to the virtual platform. While the delivery method of the programs and services changed, the content and intent of the programming did not.”

“Other expenses includes payments to artistic and administrative independent contractors and other services by independent contractors: Abhishek Balakrishnan $2300; Ahi Ajayan $300, Anusha Venkatramani $6640, Arun Mahadevan $300, Dipika Pathak $540, Form 990 Online $38, GC Engineering $1232, Kalpana Subbarao $9790, Krithika Mohankumar $15840, Naga Srinidhi Kuruvada $300, Nexgen Engineering $2500, Nithya Sherman $7890, Niyati Bhatt $200, Priya Murle $1200, Rajalaxmi Natarajan $11145, Shruthi Murali, $1455, Smitha Magal $500, Smruthi Jayasundar $500, Srimathy Mohan $500, Supradipta Datta $5100, Triad Construction $2500, Truong Engineering $5800, Westside Recording Studio $800, Winningway Services $600”