Liabilities / Assets
Score unavailable
Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
No value available
Liabilities / Revenue
Score unavailable
Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.
Net Margin
10th percentile
Higher net margin than 10% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
78th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 78% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
8th percentile
Faster asset growth than 8% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
76th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Flat$40,384
Flat from 2023
Net Assets
$40,384
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Flat$118,538
Flat from 2023
Expenses
Flat$181,369
Flat from 2023
Net Income
Flat-$62,831
Flat from 2023
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
- Signed
- Feb 8, 2024
- Return Version
- 2023v4.0
- Gross Receipts
- $170,453
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Through interest-free nano finance, our biswas seeks to enable marginalized women living in remote villages and urban slums to tackle the many challenges of extreme poverty and to tap into their confidence and ability to empower themselves, their families and their community.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| TO ASSIST MARGINALIZED WOMEN AND GIRLS, MOSTLY LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS, TO IMPROVE AND SUSTAIN THEIR STANDARDS OF LIVING, AND ACHIVE ECOMONIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SMALL INTEREST FREE LOANS. | $175,250 | $175,250 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOYASREE MAHANTI | President | FT | $0 | - | - |
| NUPUR SETHI | Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| KAMINI GOWDAA | Secretary | PT | $0 | - | - |
| SEAN DOUGHERTY | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| ALKA PATERIYA | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| KIMBERLY CHAVEZ | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Our Biswas
- EIN
- 87-0811973
- Phone
- 5173379570
- Address
- 1210 WHITTIER DRIVE, EAST LANSING, MI 48823
Signing Officer
- Name
- Joyasree Mahanti
- Title
- President
- Phone
- 5173379570
- Signed
- 2024-02-08
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Simplified Accounting & Tax Service Inc
- Address
- 1120 KEYSTONE AVE, LANSING, MI 48911-5491
- Preparer
- Julie L Young CPA
- Phone
- 5178822441
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 10
“Name: women of mercy initiative cash contribution: 37,900 name: grazia nano initiative cash contribution: 6,850 name: aamara biswas cash contribution: 120,500 name: matt talbot kitchen & outreach cash contribution: 10,000”
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16
“Expenses advertising and promotion 232 office 113 total 345”
Form 990-ez, Part II, Line 24
“ROUNDING 2 0 TOTAL 2 0”
Form 990-ez, Part III
“Through interest-free nano finance, our biswas seeks to enable marginalized women living in remote villages and urban slums to tackle the many challenges of extreme poverty and to tap into their confidence and ability to empower themselves, their families and their community.”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | NAME: WOMEN OF MERCY INITIATIVE CASH CONTRIBUTION: 37,900 NAME: GRAZIA NANO INITIATIVE CASH CONTRIBUTION: 6,850 NAME: AAMARA BISWAS CASH CONTRIBUTION: 120,500 NAME: MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH CASH CONTRIBUTION: 10,000 |
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Filings
Displayed year
2023 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $40,384
- Liabilities
- -
- Net assets
- $40,384
- Revenue
- $118,538
- Expenses
- $181,369
- Net income
- -$62,831