The mission of our foundation is to impart leadership character and life principles of Art and culture to the next generation of Indians globally by educating them on the cultural connection and values of their roots. We organize cultural tours and experiential retreats to give them an experience of Indian heritage and culture. We produce music & dance productions and organize expert lectures. We traveled Cambodia Singapore India Casablanca Bali with about 100 NRIs youth cultural and Art and culture to the next generation of Indians globally by educating them on the cultural connection and values of their roots. We organize cultural tours and experiential retreats to give them an experience of Indian heritage and culture. We produce music & dance productions and organize expert lectures. We traveled Cambodia Singapore India Casablanca Bali and Athens,Greece Sri Lanka and Ayodhya with about 805 NRIs youth cultural Ambassadors. Creating world wide cultural Ambassadors.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $4K a year · 2% of revenue · last 2 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $17K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$120K
-69% vs prior year
Spent
$132K
To programs
100%
Net assets
−$12K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$120K
FY2025▼ -69%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$103K
FY2023$0
FY2024$384K
FY2025$120K
Expenses
$132K
FY2025▼ -65%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$380K
FY2025$132K
Net assets
−$12K
FY2025▼ -419%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$3K
FY2023$0
FY2024$4K
FY2025−$12K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2022.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $132K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

2 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President and CEO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Vanui Gundlapalli’s $27K as President is at the 22nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

Programs and updates

Educates youth globally on Indian heritage and values through cultural tours, arts, and heritage experiences.

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3 programs · $384K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Know Your Roots Cultural Ambassadors Experiential Winter Tours

Sri Lanka and Ayodhya Indian Classical Dance Tour

$205Kprogram expense
02

Know Your Roots Cultural Ambassadors Experiential Summer Tours -- Greece Indian Classical Dance Tour

$176Kprogram expense
03

Summer online Music Competitions

$2Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$17K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$120K
Gifts and grants$120K
Money out
$132K
Programs$132K
Owns and owes
−$12K
net assets
Total assets$0
Liabilities$12K
People
2
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$120K
Total revenue$120K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$0
Liabilities$12K
Net assets−$12K
Operations
Employees1
Volunteers4
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $120K$132K−$12K−$12K 990 PDF
FY2024 $384K$380K$4K$4K 990 PDF
FY2023 $0$0 990 PDF
FY2022 $103K$3K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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