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UNITED SIKHS

UNITED SIKHS (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,064,650 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($503,776). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$3.8M
Funders on record
31
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$4.0M
16/31 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What United Sikhs does

Mission

To transform underprivileged and minority communities and individuals into informed and vibrant members of society through civic, educational and personal development programs, by fostering active participation in social and economic activity.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. DHS SHELTERS: UNITED SIKHS support services at DHS shelters for individuals experiencing homelessness, including access to safe shelter, nutritious meals, security, educational resources, job readiness guidance, and assistance with school enrollment

    $1,412,707 spentof which $1,412,707 as grants
    55% of program spending
  2. ICHRA_ International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy-

    $415,442 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. CEED- Community Empowerment and Education- Provides services for Education- Covid _ Medical Services

    $333,899 spentof which $333,899 as grants
    13% of program spending
  4. Sikhs Aid- NYS focus on general programs for advocacy, mental health, social services and economic empowerment.

    $207,624 spentof which $207,624 as grants
    8% of program spending
  5. NYC CARE PROGRAM: As part of the public education efforts for the NYC Care Program, this work successfully helped increase awareness among eligible New Yorkers about the comprehensive health care services available to them through the program. The initiative focused on educating underserved communities about their rights and options, guiding them through the enrollment process, and providing personalized support. Additionally, it facilitated the scheduling of appointments with financial counselors to conduct eligibility screenings, ensuring that individuals received the assistance they needed to access quality, affordable health care through NYC Care.

    $111,000 spentof which $111,000 as grants
    4% of program spending
  6. IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: UNITED SIKHS has successfully organized immigration rights workshops to educate participants on legal resources and protections, and implemented ELS pilot programs that improved language proficiency and built confidence among immigrants in navigating everyday interactions and essential services

    $56,600 spentof which $56,600 as grants
    2% of program spending
  7. HEALTH INSURANCE: UNITED SIKHS has proudly been helping community members throughout Queens, NY gain access to affordable health insurance since 2013. Eligible community members are enrolled through the New York State of Health marketplace with the assistance from the UNITED SIKHS Navigator program free of charge.

    $48,285 spentof which $48,285 as grants
    2% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,585,557.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($614k) Expenses 100 ($562k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2018 Revenue 99 ($606k) Expenses 115 ($645k) Net assets 96 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 141 ($864k) Expenses 108 ($607k) Net assets 121 ($1.3M)2020 Revenue 343 ($2.1M) Expenses 240 ($1.4M) Net assets 192 ($2.0M)2021 Revenue 328 ($2.0M) Expenses 232 ($1.3M) Net assets 260 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 283 ($1.7M) Expenses 203 ($1.1M) Net assets 317 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 326 ($2.0M) Expenses 336 ($1.9M) Net assets 328 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 363 ($2.2M) Expenses 444 ($2.5M) Net assets 302 ($3.2M)2025 Revenue 624 ($3.8M) Expenses 542 ($3.1M) Net assets 380 ($4.0M)
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Revenue (624)Expenses (542)Net assets (380)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 2023 to 2024, from $3.4M to $5.0M (+45%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$2.4M
$3.2M
$3.8M
$3.4M
$3.4M
$5.0M
$5.7M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of UNITED SIKHS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,814 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$51k
’17
−$39k
’18
$256k
’19
$752k
’20
$710k
’21
$597k
’22
$112k
’23
−$271k
’24
$780k
’25
18
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.

Chief executive

Gurpreet Singh Sodhi

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1413108510101012
Joined·+1+2+1+2+5+0+0+2
No longer listed·25350000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $126k → $208k.

11 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 UNITED SIKHS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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

UNITED SIKHS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

94% 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 UNITED SIKHS.

24%
largest funder
62%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 72% · 2019 63% · 2020 43% · 2021 42% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% — 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

70% of UNITED SIKHS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

51% of UNITED SIKHS'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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from New York funders.

WA
WI
NY
NJ
CA
NC
GA
TX

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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

UNITED SIKHS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve17.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like UNITED SIKHS

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 15%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
75%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

NY
CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED SIKHS: 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 UNITED SIKHS?
UNITED SIKHS (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,064,650 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($503,776). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does UNITED SIKHS have?
IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,064,650 in grants to UNITED SIKHS, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNITED SIKHS?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $503,776 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNITED SIKHS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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