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RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $346K · expenses $236K · assets $194K

EIN
82-5302001
Address
2001 NE OAKVIEW CV, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712-4431
Website
www.ra-veculturalfoundation.org
NTEE code
A60
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2018
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Mission

Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc is a non-profit 501C3 organization based in the Northwest Arkansas region and founded in 2018. The mission of Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc is to bring Indian Performing Arts with an emphasis on the classical genre to the forefront of the Northwest Arkansas Area. The organization seeks to achieve this by educating and inspiring people to learn teach and sustain Indian Performing Arts in NWA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

6 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Srividya Venkatasubramanya Executive Director2020-2025 $11,999$108,664 1
Harinivasini Jayachandran Community Outreach Coordinator2022-2025 $15,875$43,850 1
Karthika Mohan Sheela HR and Logistics Coordinator2022-2025 $6,230$38,837 1
Vinitha Vijayam Ramakrishnan Development Coordinator2023-2025 $6,118$20,512 1
Kai Drachenberg Marketing Director2024-2025 $5,185$5,185 1
Andrew J Rowe (former) Communications Director2022-2023 $3,900$7,740 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Satish Ramani President Board Director2020-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Arun Gopinath Vice President Board Director2020-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Nandhini Varadaraj Treasurer Board Director2020-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Tom Hoehn Board Director2024-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Prathap Velavaluri Sekhar Board Director2023-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Tim Malone Board Director2024-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Scott Galbraith (former) Secretary Board Director2022-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Sapna Ramachandran (former) Board Director2023-2024 3 $0 reported 1
Smitha Kartik (former) Secretary Board Director2020-2023 3 $0 reported 1
Gokul Krishnan (former) Marketing & Board Director2020 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 11 people listed · 5 paid, $45K · 5 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Harinivasini Jayachandran Community Outreach Coordinator18 $15,875$0$0 $15,8751
Srividya Venkatasubramanya Executive Director10 $11,999$0$0 $11,9991
Karthika Mohan Sheela HR and Logistics Coordinator8 $6,230$0$0 $6,2301
Vinitha Vijayam Ramakrishnan Development Coordinator7 $6,118$0$0 $6,1181
Kai Drachenberg Marketing Director6 $5,185$0$0 $5,1851
Satish Ramani President Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Arun Gopinath Vice President Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Nandhini Varadaraj Treasurer Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Tom Hoehn Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Prathap Velavaluri Sekhar Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Tim Malone Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 13 people listed · 4 paid, $56K · 5 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Srividya Venkatasubramanya Executive Director20 $15,999$0$0 $15,9991
Harinivasini Jayachandran Community Outreach Coordinator19 $15,318$0$0 $15,3181
Karthika Mohan Sheela HR and Logistics Coordinator18 $14,131$0$0 $14,1311
Vinitha Vijayam Ramakrishnan Development Coordinator15 $10,705$0$0 $10,7051
Satish Ramani President Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Arun Gopinath Vice President Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Scott Galbraith Secretary Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Nandhini Varadaraj Treasurer Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Tom Hoehn Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Sapna Ramachandran Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Prathap Velavaluri Sekhar Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Tim Malone Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Kai Drachenberg Marketing Director0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 12 people listed · 5 paid, $62K · 5 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Srividya Venkatasubramanya Executive Director20 $31,416$0$0 $31,4161
Karthika Mohan Sheela HR and Logistics Coordinator18 $14,331$0$0 $14,3311
Harinivasini Jayachandran Community Outreach Coordinator11 $9,048$0$0 $9,0481
Andrew J Rowe Communications Director2 $3,900$0$0 $3,9001
Vinitha Vijayam Ramakrishnan Development Coordinator5 $3,689$0$0 $3,6891
Nandhini Varadaraj President Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Arun Gopinath Vice President Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Smitha Kartik Secretary Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Satish Ramani Treasurer Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Scott Galbraith Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Sapna Ramachandran Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Prathap Velavaluri Sekhar Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 9 people listed · 4 paid, $30K · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Srividya Venkatasubramanya Executive Director20 $18,750$0$0 $18,7501
Karthika Mohan Sheela HR and Marketing Coordinator7 $4,145$0$0 $4,1451
Andrew J Rowe Communications Director1 $3,840$0$0 $3,8401
Harinivasini Jayachandran Community Outreach Coordinator6 $3,609$0$0 $3,6091
Nandhini Varadaraj President and Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Arun Gopinath Vice President Board Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Smitha Kartik Secretary Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Satish Ramani Treasurer Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Scott Galbraith Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $20K · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Srividya Venkatasubramanya Executive Director20 $20,500$0$0 $20,5001
Nandhini Varadaraj President and Board Director5 $0$0$0 $01
Arun Gopinath Vice President Board Director2 $0$0$0 $01
Smitha Kartik Secretary Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
Satish Ramani Treasurer Board Director3 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $10K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Srividya Venkatasubramanya President & Executive Director5 $10,000-$0 $10,0001
Arun Gopinath Vice President & Board Director2 $0-$0 $01
Nandhini Varadaraj Secretary & Board Direcctor3 $0-$0 $01
Satish Ramani Treasurer & Board Director3 $0-$0 $01
Gokul Krishnan Marketing & Board Director2 $0-$0 $01
Smitha Kartik Communication & Board Director2 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$345,683$235,949 $194,056$189,964 $282,584$42,317 $45,40953
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$309,801$291,288 $83,390$80,232 $220,549$70,960 $57,69553
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$195,135$279,345 $66,147$61,719 $194,798$0 $62,38653
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$308,448$249,517 $158,087$145,929 $307,541$0 $33,16503
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$243,809$184,878 $158,087$145,929 $273,060$16,543 $33,16503
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$177,954$130,259 $90,787$86,998 $199,777$12,848 $20,50003
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,852$62,181 $39,517$39,410 $89,603$4,169 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,852$62,181 $39,517$39,410 $89,603$4,169 ---

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $753,088 in all, tax years 2018 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc” 2020-2024 5$447,400 2024$110,000
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WAL-MART FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC” 2019-2021, 2024 11$93,565 2024$42,565
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MID-AMERICA ARTS ALLIANCE Public charity Exact 2021, 2024 2$70,000 2024$50,000
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2022 3$60,822 2022$34,810
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CREATIVE ARKANSAS COMMUNITY AND EXCHANGE INC CACHE Public charity Exact 2022-2023 2$35,000 2023$20,000
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ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$26,000 2022$26,000
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PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$20,276 2024$20,276
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BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC” 2018 1$25 2018$25
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $235,949 spent · pay $49,526 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $82,243$80,499$1,744$0 34.9%
Other (as described)Programing Expense $59,362$59,362$0$0 25.2%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $45,409$0$45,409$0 19.2%
Fees: other services $16,837$0$16,837$0 7.1%
Office expenses $15,556$1,957$12,230$1,369 6.6%
Advertising and promotion $7,845$2,984$4,054$807 3.3%
Payroll taxes $4,117$0$4,117$0 1.7%
Other (as described)Administration $3,568$0$3,568$0 1.5%
Other (as described)Credit Card fee, bank fee, Quickbooks fee $1,012$0$1,012$0 0.4%
Total$235,949100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $291,288 spent · pay $62,911 · grants $0 · events $485
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Program Expenses $105,101$105,101$0$0 36.1%
Occupancy $84,852$83,052$1,800$0 29.1%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $57,695$0$57,695$0 19.8%
Advertising and promotion $22,351$8,500$11,551$2,300 7.7%
Fees: other services $8,505$0$8,505$0 2.9%
Office expenses $6,041$760$4,749$532 2.1%
Payroll taxes $5,216$0$5,216$0 1.8%
Other (as described)Bank & Credit Card fee $791$0$791$0 0.3%
Other (as described) EventBoard retreat and team-building $485$0$485$0 0.2%
Fees: accounting $251$0$251$0 0.1%
Total$291,288100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $279,345 spent · pay $68,103 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Lease Facility $80,560$0$80,560$0 28.8%
Other (as described)Program Expense $78,123$78,123$0$0 28.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $62,386$0$62,386$0 22.3%
Fees: other services $21,963$0$21,963$0 7.9%
Office expenses $18,463$0$18,463$0 6.6%
Advertising and promotion $8,901$0$8,901$0 3.2%
Payroll taxes $5,717$0$5,717$0 2.0%
All other expenses $1,770$0$1,770$0 0.6%
Other (as described)Community Collaboration $1,045$0$1,045$0 0.4%
Other (as described)Bank & Credit Card Fee $417$0$417$0 0.1%
Total$279,345100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $249,517 spent · pay $36,718 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Program Expenses $82,994$82,994$0$0 33.3%
Other (as described)Lease Facility $64,641$0$64,641$0 25.9%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $33,165$0$33,165$0 13.3%
Fees: other services $27,504$0$27,504$0 11.0%
Advertising and promotion $23,108$23,108$0$0 9.3%
Office expenses $9,936$0$9,936$0 4.0%
Payroll taxes $3,553$0$3,553$0 1.4%
Other (as described)Community Collaboration $2,575$2,575$0$0 1.0%
Other (as described)Bank & Credit Card fee $1,030$0$1,030$0 0.4%
All other expenses $1,011$0$1,011$0 0.4%
Total$249,517100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $130,259 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Program Expense $64,023$64,023$0$0 49.2%
Advertising and promotion $21,951$21,951$0$0 16.9%
Fees: management $20,500$0$20,500$0 15.7%
Fees: other services $9,410$9,410$0$0 7.2%
Other (as described)Miscellaneous Expense $8,103$8,103$0$0 6.2%
Other (as described)KIFA Teaching Expense $6,272$6,272$0$0 4.8%
Total$130,259100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $62,181 spent · pay $10,000 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $26,476 42.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,122 27.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $10,000 16.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,018 12.9%
Printing, publications, postage $565 0.9%
Total$62,181100%

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