Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by SIKH AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,116,611
- Total expenses
- $1,326,416
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,112,313
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $10,136
- Other revenue
- -$5,838
- Total assets, end of year
- $721,234
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,750
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $716,484
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,005,067
- Management and general expenses
- $159,848
- Fundraising expenses
- $161,501
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,005,067
Program services were 75.8% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$44,500
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$12,500
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,055,313
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3 · Investment income
total $10,136 · excluded $10,136
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$6,005
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$44,500
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$11,843
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$5,838
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $114,918 · program services $45,967 · management and general $40,221 · fundraising $28,730
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $667,383 · program services $571,474 · management and general $47,691 · fundraising $48,218
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $6,509 · program services $5,137 · management and general $732 · fundraising $640
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $22,576 · program services $17,895 · management and general $1,900 · fundraising $2,781
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $64,488 · program services $49,656 · management and general $6,449 · fundraising $8,383
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $579 · management and general $579
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $13,292 · management and general $13,292
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $36,190 · fundraising $36,190
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $103,279 · program services $80,279 · management and general $23,000
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,631 · program services $2,026 · management and general $263 · fundraising $342
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,354 · program services $2,695 · management and general $2,198 · fundraising $461
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14 · Information technology
total $1,901 · program services $1,464 · management and general $190 · fundraising $247
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $29,323 · program services $22,579 · management and general $2,932 · fundraising $3,812
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17 · Travel
total $30,910 · program services $12,364 · management and general $10,273 · fundraising $8,273
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $10,676 · program services $8,114 · management and general $1,174 · fundraising $1,388
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24a · Other expenses: program expenses
total $136,050 · program services $136,050
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24b · Other expenses: dues and subscriptions
total $42,580 · program services $32,787 · management and general $4,258 · fundraising $5,535
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24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $15,518 · program services $5,330 · management and general $1,333 · fundraising $8,855
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24d · Other expenses: bank and merchant fees
total $12,933 · program services $9,150 · management and general $2,238 · fundraising $1,545
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24e · All other expenses
total $9,326 · program services $2,100 · management and general $1,125 · fundraising $6,101
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $560,060 · end of year $276,260
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $352,279 · end of year $347,188
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $70,743
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,870
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$5,701
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $2,169
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $24,647 · end of year $24,874
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $10,697 · end of year $4,750
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $851,289 · end of year $691,484
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $25,000
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
The mission of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund is to empower Sikh Americans through legal assistance, educational outreach, legislative advocacy, and media relations.
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During the year, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund worked to empower Sikh Americans through legal assistance, educational outreach, legislative advocacy, and media relations.
Expenses $1,005,067
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Puneet Kaur
Programs Director
- Total calculated
- $122,799
- From this org
- $121,583
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $1,216
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kiran Kaur Gill
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $121,430
- From this org
- $114,918
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,512
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amrita Kular
CommunicationsDir.
- Total calculated
- $111,265
- From this org
- $107,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,265
- Hours/week
- 40
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Ammandeep Singh Seehra
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Rajvir Singh Goomer
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Arveen Kohli
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Prabhdeep Singh
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Manjit Singh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Bhagdeep Dhaliwal
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kavneet Singh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Inderdeep Singh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Ikaasa Suri
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 24 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202612679349301041
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