Gujarati Heritage Association Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO SEEK, CULTIVATE, AND OBTAIN REVENUES TO BE USED IN PRESERVING GUJARATI TRADITIONS, WHILE STILL RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL ASSIMILATION. WE SEEK TO EXPOSE OUR TRADITIONS THROUGH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND EVENTS, BOTH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR. STRIVING TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF CHARITABLE EVENTS AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES.
- Income
- $120,094
- Spending
- $27,942
- Reserves
- Over 10 years of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $2,103 spent. UTTARAYAN FESTIVAL (KITE FLYING FESTIVAL): RAISED AWARENESS IN REGARD TO INDIA'S DAY OF UTTARAYAN. FALLING ON JAN 14TH IS INDIA'S MOST IMPORTANT HARVEST DAY. COMMEMORATED THE GODDESS SANKRANTI'S TRIUMPH OVER EVIL, RAKSHASA SANKARASUR. RAISED AWARENESS OVER THE CULTURAL AWAKENING OF THE GODS WITHIN GUJARATI HERITAGE. EVENT WAS HELD AT VICTOR PARK, LOCATED IN WESLACO, TEXAS.
- $30,896 spent. NAVARATRI FESTIVAL: RAISED AWARENESS OF GUJARATI TRADITION BY HOSTING A NAVARATRI FESTIVAL; A NINE DAY CELEBRATION IN WHICH ONE FASTS FOR A DAY OR MORE, PRAYS TO A SYMBOLIC CLAY, "GARBO," AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE WOMB, FAMILY, AND UNIVERSE, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATES IN GROUP DANCES CALLED, GARBA, THROUGHOUT THE NINE DAYS. EVENT WAS HELD AT THE SHRI NANAK CENTER, A CULTURAL TEMPLE IN EDINBURG, TEXAS.
- $35,008 spent. DIWALI FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: RAISED AWARENESS OF GUJARATI TRADITION PRESERVATION THROUGH THE CELEBRATION OF DIWALI, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVALS IN WHICH THE SPIRITUAL VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL AND KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE IS CELBRATED. A POST-HARVEST FESTIVAL THAT CONNECTED VARIOUS RELIGOUS EVENTS HELD AT THE EVENT CENTER AT THE HILTON GARDEN INN, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2017.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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