Iowa · Public charity
Maharishi International University
Education used to develop every student's creative potential through maharishi's consciousness-based education, thereby raising every nation to invincibility and creating peace and prosperity for our world family.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $230k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $42,855
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $168,885
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $81M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Maharishi International University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $364k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $467k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $368k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $438k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $499k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $493k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $850k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharishi Foundation USA Inc | $2,172,170 | 9 | 2% |
| Maharishi Purusha Program | $940,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Global Country of World Peace | $440,000 | 3 | 66% |
| Maharishi Global Admin Through Natural Law | $303,410 | 9 | 2% |
| Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation | $254,765 | 6 | 1% |
| Fundacion Hogares Claret USA Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 97% |
| Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors | $72,800 | 9 | 12% |
| Maharishi International University Foundation Incorporated | $47,452 | 1 | 8% |
| Pathfinders RC&D | $35,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Institute for Prevention Research | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Maharishi International University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Maharishi International University
- How much does Maharishi International University give?
- Maharishi International University reported 4 itemized grants totaling $230,440, out of $4,363,401 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Maharishi International University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (77%), Science & Tech (10%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Maharishi International University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maharishi Foundation USA Inc ($2.2M), Maharishi Purusha Program ($940k), Global Country of World Peace ($440k).
- Does Maharishi International University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maharishi International University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Maharishi International University based?
- Maharishi International University is based in IA.
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