Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON
SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,644 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($64,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $235k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $113k
- Net assets
- $942k
What Shivalya Temple of Greater Boston does
Mission
Religious services and teaching
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Monthly & Casual Events (Jagaran & Chownki & Preacher) Religious Bhajans and Jagaran
$18,258 spent$52,187 earned by the program69% of program spendingShivratri Celebration in the name of Lord Shiva
$4,333 spent$16,877 earned by the program16% of program spendingDiwali & Dashera Celebration of Diwali, festival of light and prosperity
$2,073 spent$24,233 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther Pooja Program Services
$1,692 spent$9,218 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,356.
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 2020 to 2021, from $998k to $1.1M (+9%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $47k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON’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
SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON'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 $116 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
19% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON?
- SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,644 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($64,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $112,644 in grants to SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $64,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHIVALYA TEMPLE OF GREATER BOSTON 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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