Iowa · Public charity
Raam Raj Foundation
To engage in all activities throughout the world that disseminate and support the understanding and application of maharishi vedic science and technology to fully develop life of the individual, community, national and world level, including, without limitation, creating world peace.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $844k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Raam Raj Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $824k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $391k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $195k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $396k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $207k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $771k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $240k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharishi Foundation International | $1,490,000 | 6 | 83% |
| Maharishi International University Foundation Incorporated | $667,000 | 7 | 24% |
| Maharishi International University | $451,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Mother Divine Program-Maharishi Global Country of World Peace Inc | $424,000 | 6 | 94% |
| Maharishi Foundation USA Inc | $88,790 | 3 | 0% |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Maharishi Purusha Program | $33,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Global Projects for Peace | $28,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maharishi Global Admin Through Natural Law | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maharishi Foundation International | $1,490,000 | 6 | 83% |
| Maharishi International University Foundation Incorporated | $667,000 | 7 | 24% |
| Maharishi International University | $451,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Mother Divine Program-Maharishi Global Country of World Peace Inc | $424,000 | 6 | 94% |
| Maharishi Foundation USA Inc | $88,790 | 3 | 0% |
| David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Maharishi Purusha Program | $33,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Global Projects for Peace | $28,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maharishi Global Admin Through Natural Law | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Raam Raj Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Schwartz Family Foundation · Invincibility Foundation · Ramani and Louise D Ayer Family Foundation · The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation · Global Invincibility Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to Raam Raj Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Raam Raj Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About Raam Raj Foundation
- How much does Raam Raj Foundation give?
- Raam Raj Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $844,040, out of $1,353,295 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Raam Raj Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Education (35%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Raam Raj Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Maharishi Foundation International ($1.5M), Maharishi International University Foundation Incorporated ($667k), Maharishi International University ($451k).
- Does Raam Raj Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Raam Raj Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Schwartz Family Foundation, Invincibility Foundation, Ramani and Louise D Ayer Family Foundation.
- Where is Raam Raj Foundation based?
- Raam Raj Foundation is based in IA.
Play a game based on Raam Raj’s filings →