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MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM

MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM (West Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,695,528 to it, the largest being THE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION ($597,963). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.0M
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$4.3M
11/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What Maharishi Purusha Program does

Mission

Offer non-degree courses to the public, including courses and educational programs in the Maharishi Vedic Science (MVS) programs and educational programs in developing higher states of consciousness through the MVS program. Support and promote the MVS program around the world and put the program into practice by supporting and promoting world peace professionals practicing the Transcendental Meditation (TM) and TM-Sidhi Programs to help create world peace and harmony.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. We averaged over 70 participants in the Purusha program in the USA focusing on the development of full human potential by enlivening the entire brain through the practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi Programs. The group experienced more and clearer experiences of higher states of consciousness through the practice of MVS. Located in our facility in WV, these participants contributed to National Super Radiance, thus adding to the coherence created both for the United States and the world. By enlivening collective consciousness the coherence creating group helped the unfoldment of world peace and harmony. MPP also donated $ 468,350 to the Global Capital of World Peace Inc. to help with the construction and operation of our home in West Virginia. This donation is listed above as part of the expenses. With over 70 participants located in West Virginia a strong influence of coherence will envelope the Nations Capital in Washington DC which is only two hours away. This influence of coherence will help our Nations Leaders make decisions more in tune with Natural Law. MPP held non-degree courses and educational programs in the Maharishi Vedic Science Programs, and educational programs in…

    $1,423,698 spent$236,661 earned by the program
    68% of program spending
  2. We averaged over 40 participants in the Purusha program in Uttar Kashi in the mountains of India. These participants focused on unfolding full human potential through the practice of MVS and enjoyed deeper and more frequent experiences of higher states of consciousness. Located in an ideal setting for focusing on the rapid development of consciousness, these participants dedicate themselves to becoming fully enlightened so they can inspire others to unfold full human potential and live totally stress free, blissful and productive lives, supported by all the Laws of Nature.

    $546,483 spent
    26% of program spending
  3. We were very pleased to be able to support the Maharishi European Research University and Stichting SSW, both non-profit organizations located in Vlodrop, Holland, which support the programs and procedures of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology, including groups of European and International Purusha. These Purusha were located in Vlodrop, as well as in Uedem and Obisfelde, Germany. All of these participants practiced the TM and TM-Sidhi techniques to unfold their full human potential through the development of their entire brain. Many of these participants reported more advanced experiences of higher states of consciousness and a greater sense of Nature operating through them as they gained more and more intimacy with the Laws of Nature that guide all of Life. Many of these participants also helped prepare materials for the advancement of Maharishi Vedic Science around the world.

    $123,465 spent
    6% of program spending
  4. We averaged between 2 and 4 participants in the Purusha Program in Canada. The funds transferred also helped support other Canadian Purusha located in other parts of the world. All of these participants practiced the TM and TM-Sidhi techniques to unfold their full human potential through the development of their entire brain. These participants reported more advanced experiences of higher states of consciousness and a greater sense of Nature operating through them as they gained more and more intimacy with the Laws of Nature that guide all of life. These participants also helped prepare materials for the advancement of Maharishi Vedic Science around the world.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,093,646.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($2.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($5.2M)2022 Revenue 85 ($2.5M) Expenses 148 ($2.5M) Net assets 99 ($5.2M)2023 Revenue 67 ($2.0M) Expenses 140 ($2.4M) Net assets 93 ($4.9M)2024 Revenue 67 ($2.0M) Expenses 161 ($2.7M) Net assets 81 ($4.3M)2025 Revenue 67 ($2.0M) Expenses 130 ($2.2M) Net assets 82 ($4.3M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (67)Expenses (130)Net assets (82)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.9M to $4.3M (−12%).

$5.3M
$5.2M
$4.9M
$4.3M
$4.4M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.3M
’21
$19k
’22
−$375k
’23
−$742k
’24
−$229k
’25
2.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

20212022202320242025
Listed88888
Joined·+0+0+1+0
No longer listed·0010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $119k → $232k.

6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $948k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Maharishi International University). These are real filings, and they are not money MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM raised.

From the IRS filings of MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

35%
largest funder
75%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 80% · 2019 77% · 2020 51% · 2021 73% · 2022 53% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

78% of MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside West Virginia, across 7 states in all.

MI
NY
IA
CA
VA
MD
TN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
West Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $307k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 1%Fundraising 3%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 33 states

ME
NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Maharishi Global Country of World Peace Stichting · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM?
MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM (West Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,695,528 to it, the largest being THE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION ($597,963). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,695,528 in grants to MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM?
THE RONA AND JEFFREY ABRAMSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $597,963 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAHARISHI PURUSHA PROGRAM find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing