Kolkata Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Kolkata Foundation is a global non-profit organization working to improve lives of the underprivileged through high impact social interventions in Education, Women's Empowerment and Healthcare. It is a call to action to unite, give, change lives and kindle hope.
- Income
- $211,145
- Spending
- $119,842
- Spent on programs
- 95%
- Reserves
- 87.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 87%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 15
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 88% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 87.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 43% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 2% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1595% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 83% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Independent board
18 of 253 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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)
- $27,848 spent. Various Education Projects, including (1) Supported the education of 1000 rural girls from classes one to five in a Free Residential Learning Center called "Adhigam Bhoomi - Apni Mitti Se Judi Siksha". These girl students were from 439 neighboring villages across 27 districts of West Bengal. (2) Continued to support the Samaritan Public School at Bankra, West Bengal to provide education to underprivileged boys and girls of the local slum areas. During the year ~2383 children benefitted from the program across classes Nursery through Ten. (3) Continued support to the Primary School at the Ek Tara Learning Center to help ~308 underprivileged children of Tiljala and Topsia bustees in Kolkata make up their learning loss due to the devastating effects of Covid. These children were across grades One through Four. (4) Collaborated with another nonprofit Antahin Abha Foundation to deliver a free 8-month program called NRich to help 521 students (49% girls and 51% boys) learn spoken English and computer tools through Project Based Lerning (5) Collaborated with another nonprofit Antahin Abha Foundation to deliver a free 8-month program called MPower to help 218 high school students (46% girls and 54% boys) of the Science, Commerce and Arts streams on a hands-on activity based program to enable students bridge the gap between education and employability.
- $24,000 spent. Various Health Care Projects, including (1) providing direct financial and backup support to Rural Health Care Foundation (RHCF) in running ten primary medical care centers serving over 1098 neighboring villages, to provide high quality curative and preventive medical care to the poor and underserved communities. About 321,700 patients (63% women) were served from these ten centers during the year. Areas of treatment included general medicine, optical including providing spectacles, dental, homeopathic treatment, physiotherapy, and cataract surgery. (2) Also supported RHCF in strengthening the health of rural poor by reaching out to inhabitants of these more than 1098 villages with trained staff to ensure early diagnosis and effective treatment of underlying disease and ailments for common disorders, especially when they are asymptomatic. Almost 55,000 beneficiaries (50% women) were pre-screened during the year as a part of this Project Outreach. As a result of these efforts many of those screened were diagnosed with various ailments like Joint Pain, Gastric, Optical, Dental, Blood Pressure, Skin related, Blood Sugar, etc. (3) Supported MUKTI to treat 1225 underprivileged patients from their Gram Clinic during the year in various villages of the Sundarbans area (4) Supported Mukti to conduct 15 medical camps across various districts in which more than 1130 patients (70% women) were given treatment (5)During the year about 3,719 patients (about 49% women) benefited from the PRO Computer Vision Phoropter, and about 1,790 patients (48% women) benefited from the motorized Operation Theater table, provided earlier by the Foundation to Nanritam to enable cataract surgery and quality eye care treatment to the under privileged.
- $62,492 spent. Women's empowerment - We continued with the two Kolkata Foundation Initiatives launched in earlier years. The first is called Shahoshini (meaning Courageous Women in local language) and is geared towards helping women develop agency and decision making power over issues that affect their lives - like gender, discrimination and violence. The objective has been to train a cohort of women to address such issues and encourage them to disseminate their learning in their communities and to address these issues in their families, networks and villages. During the year a cohort of 22 Shahoshinis made more than 24,800 family visits. They conducted about 1,600 village level meetings to reach out to 6,950 unique women participants. The overall cumulative footfall across all meetings was more than 27,750 participants reflecting strong community participation. They also intervened in about 42 domestic violence, child abuse and related cases; among these 30 cases received positive responses and resolutions, while the rest remain ongoing for further follow-up and support. They also intervened in about 25 community level disputes and concerns, many of which were effectively resolved through dialogue, mediation and community based discussions. To strengthen communication and awareness generation, the program also launched a YouTube channel and a WhatsApp channel during the year. These platforms have been helping in spreading awareness, sharing life-changing stories, and strengthening community outreach efforts. So far, the YouTube channel has received 2,921 views and gained a total of 951 subscribers. The second Kolkata Foundation Initiative is called Swastho Shongini (meaning Health Partner in local language) and is geared towards improving healthcare, especially among rural children, adolescents and women, by training village women to become evangelists on health issues including hygiene and nutrition. During the year this team of 24 Swastho Shonginis continued to visit and interact with various families. In addition, they conducted 15 Village Level Medical Camps across various districts where visiting doctors treated more than 1,130 patients (70% women) and free medicines were distributed.
Source: Form 990 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 September 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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