2024-11-12T04:19:30-00:00 2023-12-31 113734434 AJ TAX & ACCOUNTING SVCS CORP 150-28 HILLSIDE AVE FL1 JAMAICA NY 11432 990 2023-01-01 113178073 SHANTI FUND INC SHAN 6312691167 PO BOX 554 MEDFORD NY 117630554 ARVIND VORA PRESIDENT 6312691167 2024-11-12 true ANJAN K BHATTACHARJEE P00188446 7186588767 2024-11-12 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z ARVIND VORA 22 CEDAR PLACE KINGS PARK NY 11754 39259 false X www.shantifund.org X 1993 NY 1 Promote peace and enlightenment through education 2 Spread message of non-violence through Gandhis teachings 3 Promote Awareness of Issues affecting Indian American Community. 2 2 0 0 18849 32057 0 364 7202 0 19213 39259 0 0 0 0 0 30713 37772 30713 37772 -11500 1487 363256 364743 0 363256 364743 REACHED OUT TO THOUSANDS OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENT AS WELL AS MAIN STREAM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF GANDHI STATUE ON LONG ISLAND CELEBRATION, PHOTO EXHIBITION, ETC. false false 36938 PROMOTED AWARENESS OF ISSUES AFFFECTING THE INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENTS SUCH AS BREAKFAST MEETINGS, GANDHI BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, STUDENT PROGRAMS, ETC. 36938 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false 2 2 false false false false true false false true true false false true false false false false false false NY X ARVIND VORA 6312691167 22 CEDAR PLACE KINGS PARK NY 11754 X ARVIND VORA PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 040.00 040.00 X X 0 0 0 ILA VORA CFO/TRUSTEE 025.00 025.00 X X 0 0 0 false false false 32057 32057 7202 39259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 401 401 0 0 0 0 0 33438 33438 0 0 0 425 425 POSTAGES AND FEDEX 3500 3500 8 8 0 37772 36938 834 0 44120 38064 319136 326679 363256 364743 0 0 363256 364743 363256 364743 363256 364743 363256 364743 1487 X false false X 100045 49949 29340 18849 32057 230240 100045 49949 29340 18849 32057 230240 230240 3796 2926 1114 365 7202 15403 0 3796 2926 1114 365 7202 15403 0 0 103841 52875 30454 19214 39259 245643 0.93730 0.95740 0.06270 0.04260 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part IV, Section PAGE-4, Line 38 All our activities are open and transparent and can be inspected upon reasonable request. Form 990, Part I, Section PAGE-1, Line 1 Volunteers of Shanti Fund are actively engaged in promoting peace and nonviolence through educational means since its inception in 1993.Programs of Shanti Fund to build bridges between main stream and highly educated immigrant communities werehighly admired and appreciated by the Suffolk County government. To honor Volunteers efforts the county government invited them to commission and place Gandhi statue within Suffolk County in 1997. Volunteers retained a famous American sculptor for a life size bronze Gandhi Statue. The statue was dedicated on October 2, 1998Gandhi birth anniversary and is currently gracing the Plaza Lebel of the Suffolk County Executive office building in Hauppauge, New York. As part of the educational efforts, which are strengthened after 9-11 catastrophic event in the American history, volunteers reached out to local schools to instill value of peace and nonviolence through various programs, including Peace Walk, Peace Poster Competition, Chorus of Peace Songs, Peace Skits, Peace Presentations, Peace Themed Movies and photo exhibitions. Volunteers of Shanti Fund have received hundreds of posters as part of the Peace Poster competition every year from the school age children of grade 1 to grade 12. Winners are felicited with awards and gifts certificates at a dignified ceremony in the presence of student artists, school officials and elected officials. For last 14 years, this winning art works have been made part of Shanti Fund Peace Art Calendar. Gandhi Peace Garden- To celebrate the Gandhis 152nd anniversary as well as his lifestyle to promote reverence for environment, a unique four-way partnership was forged. SUNY at Old Westbury provided space, Government of India thru Consulate General of India at New York played a key role, individual donors who adopted one or more tree at 500.00 each, and Shanti Fund a local NGO coordinated all phases to make a reality of Gandhi Peace Garden consisting of 150 trees, at least one from each state of USA. Shanti Fund in partnership with other organizations has initiated several new programs like a Black history month in February, b Joint Independence Day Celebration of South Korea and India in August, c Walt Whitman Birthplace Association and d Gandhi Lecture Series at SUNY- Old Westbury.