METROPLEX TAMIL ACADEMY

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $464K · expenses $302K · assets $558K

EIN
47-5465356
Address
8308 SPRING VALLEY LN, PLANO, TX 75025-6933
Website
HTTPS://METROPLEXTAMILACADEMY.COM
NTEE code
B99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2019 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated May 15, 2018 after an automatic revocation on May 15, 2018 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

METROPLEX TAML ACADEMY (MTA) WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 2014 WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF TEACHING TAMIL, ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY SPOKEN CLASSICAL LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, TO THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS LIVING IN DFW METROPLEX AREA. PRESERVE OUR ANCIENT TAMIL CULTURE FOR POSTERITY THROUGH TEACHING.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 11 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

11 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
Vidhya Adhiyaman SECRETARY &2020-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Rajkumar Basuveswaran EXECUTIVE ME2022-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Tamilmani Kamalanathan FOUNDER & PR2018-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Jayachandran Palaniyandi EXECUTIVE ME2022-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Shanthi Pughzhendhi PRESIDENT2018-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Dhanalakshmi Sellamuthu EXECUTIVE ME2022-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Sunitha Siva VICE PRESIDE2018-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Manimekhalai Sukumar FOUNDER & BO2018-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Venkat Veerappan TREASURER2018-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Sarath Balachandran (former) SECRETARY2018-2021 4 $0 reported 1
Kasthuri Paramanandam (former) FOUNDER & ME2018-2021 4 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 9 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
VIDHYA ADHIYAMAN SECRETARY &10 $0$0$0 $01
RAJKUMAR BASUVESWARAN EXECUTIVE ME10 $0$0$0 $01
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & PR10 $0$0$0 $01
JAYACHANDRAN PALANIYANDI EXECUTIVE ME10 $0$0$0 $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI PRESIDENT10 $0$0$0 $01
DHANALAKSHMI SELLAMUTHU EXECUTIVE ME10 $0$0$0 $01
SUNITHA SIVA VICE PRESIDE10 $0$0$0 $01
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & BO10 $0$0$0 $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN TREASURER10 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 9 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
VIDHYA ADHIYAMAN JOINT TREASU4 $0$0$0 $01
RAJKUMAR BASUVESWARAN EXECUTIVE ME4 $0$0$0 $01
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & PR10 $0$0$0 $01
JAYACHANDRAN PALANIYANDI EXECUTIVE ME4 $0$0$0 $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI VICE PRESIDE4 $0$0$0 $01
DHANALAKSHMI SELLAMUTHU EXECUTIVE ME4 $0$0$0 $01
SUNITHA SIVA SECRETARY4 $0$0$0 $01
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & BO4 $0$0$0 $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN TREASURER4 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & PR10 $0-- $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI VICE PRESIDE4 $0-- $01
JAYACHANDRAN PALANIYANDI EXECUTIVE ME4 $0-- $01
SUNITHA SIVA SECRETARY4 $0-- $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN TREASURER4 $0-- $01
VIDHYA ADHIYAMAN JOINT TREASU4 $0-- $01
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & BO4 $0-- $01
RAJKUMAR BASUVESWARAN EXECUTIVE ME4 $0-- $01
DHANALAKSHMI SELLAMUTHU EXECUTIVE ME4 $0-- $01
2021 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & PR10 $0-- $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI VICE PRESIDE4 $0-- $01
SARATH BALACHANDRAN SECRETARY4 $0-- $01
SUNITHA SIVA JOINT SECRET4 $0-- $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN TREASURER4 $0-- $01
VIDHYA ADHIYAMAN JOINT TREASU4 $0-- $01
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & ME4 $0-- $01
KASTHURI PARAMANANDAM FOUNDER & ME4 $0-- $01
2020 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & PR10 $0-- $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI VICE PRESIDE3 $0-- $01
SARATH BALACHANDRAN SECRETARY3 $0-- $01
SUNITHA SIVA JOINT SECRET3 $0-- $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN TREASURER3 $0-- $01
VIDHYA ADHIYAMAN JOINT TREASU3 $0-- $01
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & ME3 $0-- $01
KASTHURI PARAMANANDAM FOUNDER & ME3 $0-- $01
2019 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & PR10 $0-- $01
SARATH BALACHANDRAN SECRETARY3 $0-- $01
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & TR3 $0-- $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN JOINT TREASU3 $0-- $01
KASTHURI PARAMANANDAM FOUNDER & ME3 $0-- $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI EXECUTIVE ME3 $0-- $01
SUNITHA SIVA EXECUTIVE ME3 $0-- $01
2018 · 7 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MANIMEKHALAI SUKUMAR FOUNDER & PR10 $0-- $01
SARATH BALACHANDRAN SECRETARY3 $0-- $01
TAMILMANI KAMALANATHAN FOUNDER & TR3 $0-- $01
VENKAT VEERAPPAN JOINT TREASU3 $0-- $01
KASTHURI PARAMANANDAM FOUNDER & ME3 $0-- $01
SHANTHI PUGHZHENDHI EXECUTIVE ME3 $0-- $01
SUNITHA SIVA EXECUTIVE ME3 $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
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$463,505$301,644 $558,162$558,162 $0$463,481 -0-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$294,000$239,572 $396,301$396,301 $0$293,980 -0-
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$187,278$129,872 $341,873$341,873 -$187,258 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$148,631$65,603 $284,466$284,466 -$148,631 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$115,844$89,178 $201,438$201,438 -$115,834 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$130,539$76,029 $174,772$174,772 $3,511$127,022 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$127,360$84,456 $120,262$120,262 $10,000$117,360 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $649 in all, tax years 2020 to 2025. 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
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “METROPLEX TAMIL ACADEMY” 2022 1$500 2022$500
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JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “METROPLEX TAMIL ACADEMY” 2025 1$100 2025$100
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “METROPLEX TAMIL ACADEMY” 2020-2023 4$49 2023$17
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2024 · Form 990 · $301,644 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $23,733
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $146,608$146,608-- 48.6%
Occupancy $117,379$117,379-- 38.9%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $23,733$23,733-- 7.9%
Office expenses $12,964$12,964-- 4.3%
Fees: legal $550$550-- 0.2%
Fees: accounting $410$410-- 0.1%
Total$301,644100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $239,572 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $23,061
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $107,433$107,433-- 44.8%
Fees: other services $104,598$104,598-- 43.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $23,061$23,061-- 9.6%
Office expenses $3,955$3,955-- 1.7%
Fees: legal $525$525-- 0.2%
Total$239,572100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $129,872 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $78,647 60.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,153 20.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $25,072 19.3%
Total$129,872100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $65,603 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $53,858 82.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,882 15.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,863 2.8%
Total$65,603100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $89,178 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $37,185 41.7%
Fees to independent contractors $26,058 29.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $25,935 29.1%
Total$89,178100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $76,029 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $34,285 45.1%
Fees to independent contractors $22,255 29.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,489 25.6%
Total$76,029100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $84,456 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $32,926 39.0%
Fees to independent contractors $27,065 32.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $24,465 29.0%
Total$84,456100%

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