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FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC

FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,608 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($77,802). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$263k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$182k
Net assets
$72k
3/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Friends of Sivananda Ashram Yoga in the Caribbean Inc does

Mission

To be a beacon of support for the sivananda ashram yoga retreat, bahamas.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To raise funds, and to use such funds, to financially support the sivananda ashram yoga retreat, bahamas; to support the operations of the sivananda ashram, including but not limited to by making unrestricted or restricted grants to the sivananda ashram; to support the growth and educational programs of any ashram religious retreat and temples in the caribbean islands that provide spiritual instruction and meditation through physical exercise and yoga, without restriction or discrimination; to support organizations located in the caribbean islands which provide opportunities for individuals to engage in open intellectual and spiritual inquiry and promote the study of all religions of the world, with a view to aiding the harmonious development of the potential of human beings; to educate the public by publishing and distributing educational materials and hosting online classes, which espouse the techniques to high-quality sivananda yoga instruction and spirituality.

    $239,676 spentof which $239,676 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $239,676.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($344k) Expenses 100 ($153k) Net assets 100 ($229k)2021 Revenue 201 ($692k) Expenses 471 ($720k) Net assets 88 ($200k)2022 Revenue 48 ($167k) Expenses 196 ($299k) Net assets 28 ($64k)2023 Revenue 25 ($85k) Expenses 65 ($99k) Net assets 12 ($27k)2024 Revenue 34 ($116k) Expenses 56 ($86k) Net assets 25 ($56k)2025 Revenue 76 ($263k) Expenses 162 ($247k) Net assets 31 ($72k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (76)Expenses (162)Net assets (31)Peer revenue range

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 $200k to $64k (−68%).

$229k
$200k
$64k
$27k
$56k
$72k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

104% of FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$192k
’20
−$28k
’21
−$132k
’22
−$14k
’23
$29k
’24
$16k
’25
3.5
months of
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.

202020212025
Listed562
Joined·+1·
No longer listed·0·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $96k → $21k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN 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

FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

67% 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 FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC.

43%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 63% · 2022 27% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

67% of FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN 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 $60k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state.

DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $122k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve3.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 2%Fundraising 1%

Governance

2
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

73%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC?
FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $181,608 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($77,802). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $181,608 in grants to FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $77,802 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF SIVANANDA ASHRAM YOGA IN THE CARIBBEAN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 7 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