Washington · Nonprofit
SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE
SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,646 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($393,646). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $842k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $401k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Sikh Centre of Seattle does
Mission
Church for Sikh religious services and humanitarian causes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Regular prayer services are held for the congregation, including special observances on major Sikh religious holidays. The Sikh Centre of Seattle provides daily Langar (Free Kitchen), offering free meals to all members of the community. Langar (Free Kitchen) is especially prominent on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Sikh religious holidays. Surplus food from Langar (Free Kitchen) is donated to local food banks to support those in need outside of our congregation.
$241,354 spent$779,295 earned by the program95% of program spendingCOMMUNITY/COALITION BUILDING The Sikh Centre of Seattle actively collaborates with local organizations and community members to foster understanding, build strong relationships, and enhance connections between the Sikh community and the wider public. The Centre participates in both local and international charitable initiatives, including providing donations to organizations such as Seattle Childrens Hospital and Bothell High School (supporting food programs for students in need). Regular donations of food and resources are made to local food banks to assist individuals and families facing hunger in our community.
$13,000 spent5% of program spendingYOUTH SERVICES The Sikh Centre of Seattle provides educational programs to teach youth about Sikh beliefs, values, and religious practices. Regular prayer services and special events are organized specifically for youth to encourage their participation and spiritual growth. The Centre offers classes for young people in areas such as prayer, Sikh history and teachings, and traditional music.
$0 spent0% of program spending* prayer and langar sewa services were held on every sunday and every reiligous holiday. Further, other events were held throughout the year * Sikh Centre of Seattle educated many youths through religious prayer, educational, and music classes
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,354.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.6M to $3.9M (+7%).
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.
93% of SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Karamjit S Kahlon
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $53k → $58k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE’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
SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
99% 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 SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 93% · 2023 97% — 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
98% of SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE'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 $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $394k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE?
- SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,646 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($393,646). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $400,646 in grants to SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $393,646 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIKH CENTRE OF SEATTLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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