Rural India Supporting Trust: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 26-6163668)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$55.6M
FY2021	$66.4M
FY2022	$13.6M
FY2023	$7.4M
FY2024	$3.2M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$1.4B
FY2021	$157.6M
FY2022	$32.8M
FY2023	$20.1M
FY2024	$23.6M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$467.2M
FY2021	$382.6M
FY2022	$363.5M
FY2023	$350.8M
FY2024	$330.4M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2009.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

94%

Program services 94% · $22.2M Management & general 6% · $1.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Indu Rawat

Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ranjeet Singh

Director, Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shweta Rawat

Director, Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kadambri Pathak

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Neeraj Sharma

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Prem Kumar Narula

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Grants improve Indian citizens' lives through public health, economic opportunity, and education.

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1 program · $22.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024

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The rural india supporting trust ("rist") works to improve quality of life for the citizens of india by providing grants that advance public health, economic opportunity, and education in india.

$22.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2023

The Hans Foundation USAFY2023$37K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$37K

Grants paid · 60 grants · $27.1M · 2020–2024

American India FoundationNY · FY2024$1,311,290

Citiesrise INCNY · FY2024$1,000,000

Wildlife Conservation SocietyNY · FY2024$985,985

Keystone Human Services InternationalPA · FY2024$882,466

Rocky Mountain InstituteCO · FY2024$725,720

Americares Foundation INCCT · FY2024$655,270

Resolve to Save Lives INCVA · FY2024$649,322

Arogya INCPA · FY2024$477,290

Wheels Global FoundationVA · FY2024$372,876

The Nature ConservancyVA · FY2024$276,547

India Philanthropy Alliance AssociationDE · FY2024$275,000

Center for Strategic and International Studies INCDC · FY2024$164,085

Cry-Child Rights and You America INCMA · FY2024$63,026

New England Center for Children INCMA · FY2024$18,000

The Global Development Incubator INCDC · FY2023$1,648,846

Keystone Human Services InternationalPA · FY2023$1,281,883

American India FoundationNY · FY2023$1,168,309

Americares Foundation INCCT · FY2023$790,146

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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$3.2M

Ln 12

Investment incomeLn 3$3.2M

Other incomeLn 4–11$12K

Money outPt IX

$23.6M

Ln 25

Programscol B$22.2M

Managementcol C$1.4M

Owns and owesPt X

$330.4M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M

Total assetsLn 16$331.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$763K

PeoplePt VI, VII

6

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a6

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Investment incomeLn 3$3.2M

Other incomeLn 4–11$12K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$4.9M

Total revenueLn 12$3.2M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$2.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$107.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0

Other assetsLn 15$0

Total assetsLn 16$331.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$763K

Net assetsLn 32$330.4M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 613

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$3.2M	$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$109.5M	$107.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$0	$0
Total assetsLn 16	$350.9M	$331.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$133K	$763K
Net assetsLn 32	$350.8M	$330.4M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$7.9M	$7.9M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$14.0M	$14.0M
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4	$0	$0
Management feesLn 11a	$980K		$980K
Legal feesLn 11b	$89K	$36K	$54K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$32K		$32K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$158K		$158K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$308K	$308K	$0	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$45K		$45K
TravelLn 17	$9K		$9K
InsuranceLn 23	$910		$910
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$83K		$83K
All other expensesLn 24e	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$23.6M	$22.2M	$1.4M	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$3.2M	$23.6M	−$20.4M	$330.4M	990 PDF
FY2023	$7.4M	$20.1M	−$12.7M	$350.8M	990 PDF
FY2022	$13.6M	$32.8M	−$19.2M	$363.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$66.4M	$157.6M	−$91.2M	$382.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$55.6M	$1.4B	−$1.3B	$467.2M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $3,199,521 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $250$0

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,187,787$3,187,475

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $247,914$12,046

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,435,951$3,199,521

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $18,079,309$21,861,082

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,065,902$1,706,501

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $20,145,211$23,567,583

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$12,709,260−$20,368,062

Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,199,521 across 5 lines filed

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $8,050,264$8,050,264

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$4,862,789−$4,862,789

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $6,921 · Unrelated business $1,500 · Excluded from tax $3,625$12,046

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,921 · Unrelated business $1,500 · Excluded from tax $3,191,100$3,199,521

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,567,583 across 13 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $7,856,877$7,856,877

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $14,004,205$14,004,205

IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0

IX-11a Management feesManagement $980,500$980,500

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $35,777 · Management $53,666$89,443

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $31,836$31,836

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $158,180$158,180

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $307,786 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$307,786

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $45,340$45,340

IX-17 TravelManagement $9,187$9,187

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $910$910

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $83,319$83,319

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $22,204,645 · Management $1,362,938 · Fundraising $0$23,567,583

Part X · Balance sheet $331,156,634 assets, 13 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $221,156,467; see the IRS return.

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,177,766$2,152,872

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $52,940$52,940

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $250,000$250,000

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $36,704,530$32,538,197

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $72,777,124$75,006,158

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $350,894,393$331,156,634

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $132,861$763,164

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $132,861$763,164

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $350,761,532$330,393,470

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $350,894,393$331,156,634

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $330,393,470 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$3,199,521

XI-2 Total expenses$23,567,583

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$20,368,062

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$350,761,532

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$330,393,470

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Rural India Supporting Trust

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Rural India Supporting Trust

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV