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DASRA

EIN 05-0574837 HOUSTON, TX

Revenue 2024
$29,425,578
Expenses 2024
$17,992,123

Program services were 97.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q33
Classification
1000
Street
ONE RIVERWAY DR

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

DASRA IS CATALYZING THE STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY MOVEMENT TO ENSURE THAT A BILLION LIVES CAN THRIVE WITH DIGNITY AND EQUITY. DASRA WORKS WITH PHILANTHROPISTS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM IN AMPLIFYING THEIR GIVING IMPACT THROUGH STRATEGIC, GOAL-BASED APPROACHES. IT ALSO HELPS NON-PROFITS GROW, UNLOCK PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL, AND COLLABORATE WITH GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ENABLE IMPLEMENTATION AT SCALE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DASRA, INC. (DASRA) IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ITS MISSION IS TO CULTIVATE STRATEGIC PHILANTHROPY AMONG U.S.BASED INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF INDIA'S DEVELOPMENT, AND TO HELP INDIAN NGOS SCALE THEIR IMPACT.

  • GRASSROOT NON-PROFIT SUPPORT PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE MULTIFACETED CHALLENGES FACED BY COMMUNITIES AMIDST RAPID SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGES. THESE CHALLENGES INCLUDE POVERTY, CHILD PROTECTION, MIGRATION, HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, ETC ALL OF WHICH PERPETUATE SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND VULNERABILITY. IT HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED OVER 34 MILLION LIVES, EMPLOYING INTERSECTIONAL APPROACHES IN EDUCATION, HEALTH, WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE. THEY SERVE DIVERSE VULNERABLE GROUPS, INCLUDING SCHEDULED CASTES AND TRIBES, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, CHILDREN IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, ETC.

    Expenses $2,416,391 · Grants $2,140,775

  • THE CAPACITY BUILDING FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING AND CATALYZING PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS BY PROVIDING CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND GENERATING RESEARCH INSIGHTS TO DRIVE INFORMED DECISION-MAKING. IT HAS SUPPORTED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, GENDER, HEALTH, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, AND MORE. IT ALSO ENHANCES OPERATIONAL CAPACITIES AND CONDUCTS RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY SECTORAL NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT.

    Expenses $6,031,016 · Grants $5,343,112

  • DASRA ADDRESSES CRITICAL URBAN SANITATION ISSUES TO PROMOTE SAFE, INCLUSIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN WASTE MANAGEMENT. WITH RAPID URBANIZATION AND A GROWING SLUM POPULATION, MANAGING HUMAN WASTE HAS BECOME A PRESSING CHALLENGE. THEIR EFFORTS AIM TO ENSURE EQUITABLE SANITATION ACCESS AND REDUCE HEALTH RISKS CAUSED BY UNTREATED SEWAGE AND CONTAMINATED WATER, ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE URBAN POPULATIONS.

    Expenses $1,662,728 · Grants $1,473,075

  • ALL OTHER GRANTS TO VARIOUS PROGRAM SERVICES AND EXPENSES.

    Expenses $7,508,818 · Grants $6,652,354

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.

  • BORIS SIPERSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ARPAN SHETH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANKUR SAHU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TARUN JOTWANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAPPHIRA GORADIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEVAL SANGHAVI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $233,840
    From this org
    $233,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,840
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $233,840

  • NEERA NUNDY

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $344,000
    From this org
    $344,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $344,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $344,000

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
    $29,425,578
    Expenses
    $17,992,123
    Contributions
    $28,502,897
    Grants paid
    $15,609,315
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,572,153
    Expenses
    $14,131,058
    Contributions
    $14,399,307
    Grants paid
    $11,941,414
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,008,912
    Expenses
    $5,369,305
    Contributions
    $17,008,788
    Grants paid
    $4,121,142

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,108,623
    Expenses
    $6,287,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,585,856

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,978,360
    Expenses
    $2,113,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,820,620

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,545,776
    Expenses
    $3,192,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,924,341

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,367,919
    Expenses
    $2,416,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,599,765

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,774,614
    Expenses
    $1,572,041
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,629,697

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,554,007
    Expenses
    $1,830,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,427,132

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,610,512
    Expenses
    $1,219,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,692,345

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,059,487
    Expenses
    $1,586,619
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,255,639

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,704,241
    Expenses
    $1,859,901
    Assets (EOY)
    $782,770

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,131,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $959,217

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • EMPOWER - THE EMERGING MARKETS FOUNDATION

    $275,000

    2024 GRANT TO SUPPORT YOUTH, ESPECIALLY GIRLS, IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT, LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES, AND ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (SRH) SERVICES.

  • SWATALEEM USA CORPORATION

    $150,000

    2024 GRANT TO SUPPORT THE PURPOSE OF SCALING THEIR IMPACTFUL WORK IN TRANSFORMING EDUCATION FOR MARGINALIZED ADOLESCENT GIRLS.

  • RED DOT FOUNDATION (US)

    $100,000

    2023 FOR STRENGTHENING THE TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTING IN HUMAN RESOURCES TO DOCUMENT, MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE PROGRAM 'SAFECITY'

  • THE GOONJ FOUNDATION

    $100,000

    2024 GRANT TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS AROUND THE WORLD LEARN HOW TO APPLY STRATEGIC APPROACHES FOR GREATER IMPACT.

  • EDUCATE GIRLS

    $100,000

    2022 ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN

  • UNICEF

    $73,985

    2022 10 TO 19 DASRA ADOLESCENTS COLLABORATIVE (DAC)

  • CHILDSIDE FOUNDATION (US)

    $62,000

    2023 THE GRANT IS TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR NON-PROFIT LEADERS; A MULTI YEAR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM RUN BY THE CHILDSIDE FOUNDATION

  • ADOLESCENT HEALTH CHAMPIONS INC (US)

    $50,000

    2022 PROGRAM "GIRLS HEALTH CHAMPIONS

  • ADOLESCENT HEALTH CHAMPIONS INC

    $50,000

    2024 GRANT TO SUPPORT FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME, GIRLS HEALTH CHAMPIONS IN 105 NEW KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYA (KGBV) SCHOOLS IN RURAL JHARKHAND FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025

  • CHILDSIDE FOUNDATION (US)

    $38,000

    2024 THE GRANT IS TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR NON-PROFIT LEADERS; A MULTI YEAR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM RUN BY THE CHILDSIDE FOUNDATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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

  • SOCOMP SOLUTIONS PRIVATE UNLIMITED

    CONSULTING AND ADVISORY · IN · share of assets $115,984

  • CATALYTIC ADVISORY SERVICES

    CONSULTING AND ADVISORY · IN · share of assets $83,822

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.