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US nonprofit · EIN 273857947 · New York, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 273857947) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Karuna-Shechen USA

Donations deductible
Revenue
$415k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$485k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$784k
$19k liabilities
Net assets
$765k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
6.1y av
Staff
0
3 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
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Karuna-Shechen USA's network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Alexandre LippensTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Gianluigi BuitoniDirector2019
7 yrs
Wendy WornhamPresident2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Grace AlfieroExecutive Director2018
Grace Alfiero Ended FEB 2019Executive Director2019

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Wendy WornhamPresident1$0
Alexandre LippensTreasurer0.5$0
Gianluigi BuitoniDirector0.5$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Karuna-Shechen USA
EIN
273857947
Address
Arabella Advisors 275 7 Ave 15th, New York, NY, 10001
State
New York
Mission
Karuna-shechen initiates and oversees projects that provide health care, education, and social services for the under-served populations of india, nepal, and tibet. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
T20 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
Wendy Wornham (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsAlexandre Lippens
≥7years on the filingsGianluigi Buitoni
≥3years on the filingsWendy Wornham

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$784k
Total liabilities
$19k
Net assets or fund balances
$765k
Contributions and grants received
$415k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$444k
Employees
0
Volunteers
3

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$415k$485kDeficit $70k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Karuna-Shechen USA likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
23 December 2010
Registered agent
Not stated