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PRATHAM INTERNATIONAL INC

EIN 92-0761459 NEWTON HLDS, MA

Revenue 2024
$2,006,741
Expenses 2024
$1,920,120

Program services were 75.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q33
Classification
1200
Street
1160 WALNUT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PRATHAM INTERNATIONAL WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT LEARNING INNOVATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN CONTEXTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE ORGANIZATION FACILITATES THE ADAPTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PROVEN, SCALABLE SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS THE EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING AT THE RIGHT LEVEL (TARL) APPROACH, THROUGH CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMMING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUITED TO LOCAL CONTEXTS. IT ALSO DEVELOPS EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND SOLUTIONS FOR LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS, FOCUSING ON ASSESSMENT, LEARNER SUPPORT, AND DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH LOCAL INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENTS TO EMPOWER YOUTH THROUGH SKILL-BUILDING INITIATIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Pratham International was established to support learning innovations for children and youth in contexts across the globe. (Continued on Schedule O)

  • Education- In 2024, the Education vertical deepened its support to existing partners while launching new pilots on foundational learning across three regions - Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Education programs primarily focused on adapting Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), an evidence-based approach that helps children build foundational literacy and numeracy skills quickly by grouping them according to learning levels rather than age or grade. TaRL programs supported by Pratham International and its partners have been adapted in over 20 countries and 30 languages. In MENA, Morocco's Ministry of National Education, Pre-school and Sports continued its efforts to scale TaRL to 75% of schools by 2027, with the aim of reaching three million learners. In parallel, Morocco's Ministry of Interior piloted an NGO-led after-school model to engage civil society in rural areas to advance foundational learning, reaching 16,657 learners at endline. In Egypt, early efforts centered on program design and training of two implementing organizations. In Latin America, collaborations in Brazil, Colombia, and El Salvador reached over 14,000 children through diverse models delivered in collaboration with local partners. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Pratham International continued to collaborate with Empower Learning Africa (ELA)and its partners on TaRL programming. Since 2019, TaRL has reached 5.8 million children cumulatively across 16 countries, with government-led scale-up efforts underway in Cte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Zambia. In 2024, adaptations for the early years were also introduced, while innovations within TaRL programming continued. The first adaptation of Pratham's early years approach, Leap Forward, was implemented in collaboration with Glasswing International across 20 schools in Guatemala and El Salvador. The model integrated community engagement through School Readiness Fairs, parental engagement via WhatsApp groups, and Glasswing staff-led teaching and learning activities during the school day. A total of 873 Pre-K to Grade 2 students participated in the initial School Readiness Fairs, while 190 and 134 children took part in classroom activities in Guatemala and El Salvador, respectively. Grades 1 and 2 in-class activities were also conducted in Kenya through ELA's learning camps.

    Expenses $877,003 · Revenue $225,557

  • Digital- The Digital vertical led the development and deployment of a suite of technology-enabled solutions to strengthen learning and youth employability across diverse contexts. In the area of learning assessments, we built PadhAI - a customized AI-driven literacy assessment tool using one of the world's largest localized datasets (2,000 hours), capable of identifying regional languages, dialects, and accents. The tool was piloted with over 4,000 children and achieved ~90% accuracy, demonstrating strong diagnostic validity in the field. Complementing this, we also designed the Anytime Testing Machine - an AI-enabled tool that automates contextually aligned question generation, digitises and grades written and oral responses, and issues learner-sensitive, multilingual feedback to reduce teacher administrative burden and enable frequent, timely assessments. To support educators in managing multi-level, multilingual, and diverse classrooms, we began synthesizing facilitators' expertise to develop an AI assistant that enablesaccurate assessment of learning gaps, optimizes student grouping, and informs lesson planning through predictive analytics. Recognizing the critical need for digitization in low-resource contexts, the team has been working on refining OCR and OMR technologies to enable faster, more accurate, and robust capture and processing of unstructured responses. Separately, to strengthen English language skills among rural and second-language learners, the digital team developed an AI-assisted, LLM-based voicebot to improve speaking proficiency. Across all initiatives, the emphasis remained on innovating contextual, lightweight, and human-centric solutions that complement educators, empower under-resourced children and youth, and provide practical, scalable tools for learning.

    Expenses $363,617

  • Skills Training- The organisation expanded its youth-to-work initiative in Kenya, deepening its footprint across counties and accelerating pathways to employment through strategic partnerships, instructor training, and digital innovation. Building on foundational efforts in Kisumu, the program scaled to 12 counties - including Nairobi, Kericho, Busia, Bungoma, and Kilifi, engaging county governments, vocational training centers (VTCs), and industry leaders to strengthen the ecosystem for youth employability. To bridge the gap between training and employment, the NexTayari digital platform was launched, connecting youth, VTCs, and over 400 employers across key sectors. Over the year, 1,431 youth (50% women) from 35 VTCs and 15 technical trades were onboarded, with 93% receiving industry attachment offers. Placement coordinators provided mentorship and created feedback loops to enhance employer engagement. A 40-hour hybrid instructor training program reached over 250 trainers, supported by 100+ instructional videos, peer-led WhatsApp communities, and gamified learning strategies. We ran a pilot using an AI-powered interview bot to gauge youth interest, facilitating over 450 mock sessions. The organisation will continue to build on these learnings, deepen stakeholder partnerships, and position NexTayari as a scalable model for youth employment, one that can be owned and adopted by governments and replicated across geographies. LINE 4D, PROGRAM SERVICE -------------------- OTHER PROGRAMS - ONE TIME GRANT FOR FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS IN NAIROBI & KISUMU

    Expenses $189,075 · Grants $18,546

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Balakrishnan Venkatachalam

    President & COO

    Total calculated
    $279,335
    From this org
    $246,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,219
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $10,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,931
    Filer's total
    $279,335

  • Pragya Dhariwal

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $129,001
    From this org
    $109,193
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,808
    Hours/week
    40

  • Devyani Pershad

    Director & Consultant

    Total calculated
    $63,956
    From this org
    $63,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Madhav Chavan

    Director & Consultant

    Total calculated
    $58,380
    From this org
    $58,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dinyar Devitre

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deepak Raj

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nishant Baghel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amrita Ahuja

    Director

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,006,741
    Expenses
    $1,920,120
    Contributions
    $1,735,875
    Grants paid
    $43,546
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,533,565
    Expenses
    $937,253
    Contributions
    $3,444,493
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Balakrishnan Venkatachalam
Mailing address
1150 Walnut StreetNewton MA 02461

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • PUSA Learning Solutions Pvt Ltd

    C Corp · Education Sup · IN · 99.7% owned · share of income $78,260 · share of assets $210,047 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.