Pratham International was established to support learning innovations for children and youth in contexts across the globe. (Continued on Schedule O)

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$478K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 48% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$478K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $1.4M
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$26K
0.9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 8 voting members
Fine: 4 of 8 voting members are independent, half.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
-43% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$2.7M
By yearFY2023–FY2024
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2024▲ +105%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023$937K
FY2024$1.9M
Net assets
$2.7M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2023.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $1.5M Management & general 21% · $405K Fundraising 3% · $61K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $478K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$246,219Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary & Treasurer
$109,193Pt VII · Sec A
Director & Consultant
$63,956Pt VII · Sec A
Director & Consultant
$58,380Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Balakrishnan Venkatachalam’s $246K as President & COO is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international 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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Balakrishnan Venkatachalam$246,219$21,154
Pragya Dhariwal$109,193$8,462
Devyani Pershad$63,956$34,680
Madhav Chavan$58,380$29,211

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Education- In 2024, the Education vertical deepened its support to existing partners while launching new pilots on foundational learning across three regions - Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

$877Kprogram expense
02

Digital- The Digital vertical led the development and deployment of a suite of technology-enabled solutions to strengthen learning and youth employability across diverse contexts. In the area of learning assessments, we built PadhAI - a customized AI-driven literacy assessment tool using one of the world's largest localized datasets…

$364Kprogram expense
03

Skills Training- The organisation expanded its youth-to-work initiative in Kenya, deepening its footprint across counties and accelerating pathways to employment through strategic partnerships, instructor training, and digital innovation.

$189Kprogram 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
Pratham USAFY2024$1.3M
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$1.4M
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$226K
Investment incomeLn 3$45K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$405K
Fundraisingcol D$61K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$226K
Investment incomeLn 3$45K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$871K
SavingsLn 2$1.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$12K
Total assetsLn 16$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$26K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M$2.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K$26K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$2.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$44K$44K
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$531K$379K$112K$40K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$48K$32K$16K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$973$557$416
Payroll taxesLn 10$23K$14K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$21K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$917K$176K$21K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$11K$2K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$5K$5K
TravelLn 17$79K$52K$26K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$649$649
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$24K$14K$10K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$137$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.5M$405K$61K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.0M$1.9M$87K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.5M$937K$2.6M$2.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,006,741 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,444,493$1,735,875
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $89,072$225,557
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$45,298
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$11
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,533,565$2,006,741
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$43,546
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $96,126$602,908
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $841,127$1,273,666
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $937,253$1,920,120
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,596,312$86,621
Part VI · Governance 4 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,006,741 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,735,875
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,735,875
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $225,557$225,557
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $45,298$45,298
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $11$11
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $225,557 · Excluded from tax $45,309$2,006,741
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,920,120 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $43,546$43,546
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $378,666 · Management $112,397 · Fundraising $39,610$530,673
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $31,921 · Management $16,387$48,308
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $557 · Management $416$973
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,042 · Management $8,912$22,954
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $11,779$11,779
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $21,420$21,420
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $916,937 · Management $175,734 · Fundraising $21,162$1,113,833
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,406 · Management $8,386$10,792
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $5,098$5,098
IX-17 TravelPrograms $52,429 · Management $26,408$78,837
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,684$1,684
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $3,502$3,502
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $649$649
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,054 · Management $9,538 · Fundraising $0$23,592
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $137 · Management $2,343$2,480
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,454,695 · Management $404,653 · Fundraising $60,772$1,920,120
Part X · Balance sheet $2,755,932 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,393,181$871,130
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$1,563,180
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$226,848
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $31,000$24,168
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $169,159$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $48,284$58,120
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,486$12,486
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,654,110$2,755,932
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,183$25,502
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $28,183$25,502
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,500,891$2,245,077
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $125,036$485,353
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,625,927$2,730,430
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,654,110$2,755,932
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,730,430 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,006,741
XI-2 Total expenses$1,920,120
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$86,621
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,625,927
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$17,882
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,730,430

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