New York · Nonprofit
CHHANDAYAN INC
CHHANDAYAN INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,954 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($20,005). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $453k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $179k
What Chhandayan Inc does
Mission
Chhandayan's mission is to preserve and propagate the rich tradition of Indian classical music and dance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Chhandayan also offers lessons, classes, workshops, seminars and lecture-demonstrations related to Indian music and dance. The total number of lessons, classes, workshops, seminars and lecture demonstrations offered were over 250. These were attended by over 600 students of different age groups, coming from different ethnic and financial backgrounds. As a resource to the learning process, Chhandayan supplies with books CDs, DVDs and musical instruments. To this effect, Chhandayan also regularly comes out with it own plublication of books, CDs, DVDs and other similar materials pertaining to the information, preservation and propagation of Indian music and dance.
$176,312 spent55% of program spendingTowards the accomplishment of its mission, Chhandayan presents series of concerts in NY, NJ MD, VA and PA. Chhandayan also sends out musicians to perform for other organizations in the USA. In our concerts we feature maestros and emerging talents. Through exposure to indian music and dance, Chhandayan is creating awareness of this art form as a world cultural heritage, which has helped human civiliation to sustain itself over the past five thousand years. These concerts are attended by diverse population of different age groups and coming from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. We also keep special provision for disabled, seniors and low income members of our society. In order to maintain authenticity and high standard of these events, Chhandayan sponsors accomplished musicians from India.Concerts presented 45; Creative performing Artists 150; participating audience more than 10,000Form 990 Part III Line 2 and Part XI no. 9 In 2021 Chhandayan was able to conduct some Charity service to support the family of artist effected by pandemic.Form 990 Part VI Line 11b Form Review ProcessReview reported is issued by Certified Public Accountant. Form 990 Part VI Line 19 Documents are…
$134,638 spent42% of program spendingChhandayan encourages and supports people involved in the pursuit of Indian Music and dance. This is done by giving out scholarships and also through other means, such as offering space for lessons, practie and reahearsals. Chhandayan also helops out affiliated musicians and dancers and their families in moments of need.
$9,617 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,567.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $80k to $126k (+58%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 7% · 2019 3% · 2021 25% · 2022 16% · 2023 16% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of CHHANDAYAN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $538.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHHANDAYAN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHHANDAYAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHHANDAYAN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of CHHANDAYAN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $731 that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHHANDAYAN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CHHANDAYAN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHHANDAYAN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHHANDAYAN INC?
- CHHANDAYAN INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,954 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($20,005). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHHANDAYAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $20,954 in grants to CHHANDAYAN INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHHANDAYAN INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,005 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHHANDAYAN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing