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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARIA UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,058,991
Total expenses
$2,563,061
Contributions and grants received
$1,351,997
Grants paid
$93,140
Program service revenue
$706,964
Investment income
$30
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,317,041
Total liabilities, end of year
$483,067
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,833,974
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,048,617
Management and general expenses
$285,392
Fundraising expenses
$229,052
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,048,617

Program services were 79.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,351,997

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,636

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION REVENUE

    total $706,964 · related or exempt $706,964

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30 · excluded $30

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,726

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,726

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $93,140 · program services $93,140

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,015,745 · program services $769,773 · management and general $133,057 · fundraising $112,915

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $262,194 · program services $210,321 · fundraising $51,873

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $134,304 · program services $134,304

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $94,248 · program services $65,234 · management and general $12,760 · fundraising $16,254

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $96,476 · management and general $96,476

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $374,525 · program services $374,525

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,261 · program services $30,835 · fundraising $3,426

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,245 · program services $5,952 · management and general $997 · fundraising $1,296

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $75,045 · program services $69,041 · management and general $6,004

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $67,357 · program services $43,585 · management and general $10,336 · fundraising $13,436

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,709 · program services $27,709

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,606 · program services $2,606

  • 20 · Interest

    total $83,165 · program services $64,580 · management and general $8,317 · fundraising $10,268

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $127,932 · program services $99,626 · management and general $12,794 · fundraising $15,512

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,823 · program services $9,104 · management and general $1,182 · fundraising $1,537

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACCREDITATION FEES

    total $34,695 · program services $31,226 · management and general $3,469

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $14,521 · program services $14,521

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $5,070 · program services $2,535 · fundraising $2,535

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $109,659 · end of year $39,673

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,368,518 · end of year $1,065,795

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,715 · end of year $46,454

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $35,729 · end of year $34,093

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,140 · end of year $46,603

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $158,578

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $116,352

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,940 · end of year $42,226

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,907,931 · end of year $1,042,197

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,330 · end of year $238,719

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $148,158 · end of year $244,348

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,041,209 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$229,583 · end of year $902,438

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,368,518 · end of year $931,536

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE VARIOUS ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

  • ARIA UNIVERSITY (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS UNIVERSITY OF SILICON ANDHRA) IS A NONPROFIT UNIVERSITY ACCREDITED BY THE WASC SENIOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMMISSION (WSCUC). AT PRESENT, IT OFFERS SIX MASTER OF ARTS, FIVE DIPLOMA, AND FIVE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IN INDIAN FINE ARTS, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE. THE FIRST BATCH OF STUDENTS GRADUATED IN JANUARY 2019, AND STUDENTS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY GRADUATED EVERY YEAR UP TO THE PRESENT. IN 2023, THE UNIVERSITY STARTED OFFERING MASTER'S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE.

    Expenses $2,048,617 · Grants $93,140 · Revenue $706,964

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Venkat Gudivada - Dean

    PROF. OF COMP. SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $237,704
    From this org
    $210,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,704
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,704
    Filer's total
    $237,704
  • Anand Kuchibhotla

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $225,830
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,830
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,830
    Filer's total
    $225,830
  • Raju Chamarthi

    PROVOST/CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,211
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,211
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,211
    Filer's total
    $225,211
  • Kartikeya Patel - Secretary

    (THRU 9/24)/VP INST EFFECT & RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $192,000
    From this org
    $192,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $192,000
  • Elva Sprattling

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Pappu Venugopala Rao

    CHAIR (THRU 01/24)/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prabhakar Kalavacherla

    CHAIR (EFF 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sadhana Seelam

    INTERIM SECRETARY (EFF 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Narayanan Balakrishnan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neeraj Bhatia

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dev Gnanadev

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Venu Kondle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Siddahartha Lakireddy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Swarup Medasani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Olide

    TRUSTEE (EFF 4/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Ryan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Shoemaker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shekar Viswanathan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531339349309818

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