New York · Nonprofit
THE SIKH COALITION
THE SIKH COALITION (New York) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,650,397 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,543,931). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What The Sikh Coalition does
Mission
The Sikh Coalition is a community based organization that works towards the realization of civil and human rights for all people. In particular, we work towards a world where sikhs may freely practice and enjoy their faith while fostering strong relations with their local community, wherever they may be.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Legal program - defends and safeguards religious freedom. We provide essential legal services to victims of hate crimes, employment discrimination, public accommodation discrimination, profiling and other forms of discrimination.
$742,749 spent29% of program spendingEducation program- creation of lesson plans, compiled reading lists, case studies, media articles and video resources for classroom instruction on sikhism. Also provides anti-bullying resources for school administrators.
$564,392 spent22% of program spendingCommunity relations program works with communities to develop community based campaigns, activism and leadership to promote civil and human rights.
$949,078 spentof which $10,000 as grants37% of program spendingGovernment advocacy program- encourages civic participation and pushes government to be respectful of sikh concerns. The organization works to engage communities and community centers through petition signing efforts, rallies, vigils and other forms of civic engagement.
$303,225 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,559,444.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.3M to $6.6M (+53%).
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 12% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE SIKH COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Harmanpreet Singh
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $943k → $2.7M.
16 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 THE SIKH COALITION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 funders by total. 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
THE SIKH COALITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 THE SIKH COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 54% · 2019 37% · 2020 48% · 2021 40% · 2022 40% · 2023 37% — 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.
How long its funders stay
48% of THE SIKH COALITION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of THE SIKH COALITION'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 $6.9M that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
THE SIKH COALITION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 978 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 978 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SIKH COALITION
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 THE SIKH COALITION: 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 THE SIKH COALITION?
- THE SIKH COALITION (New York) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,650,397 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,543,931). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SIKH COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $16,650,397 in grants to THE SIKH COALITION, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SIKH COALITION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,543,931 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SIKH COALITION 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.
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 67 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing