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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$2.0Mrevenue
FY2024 · +653% in 3 yrs4 of 4years filed
’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−12.3%
Months of reserve0.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+96.0%
Middle half of peersMedianMaharishi Vedic Science and Technology
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.2M spent
Programs$2.2M100%Management and general$9k0%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 36% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gave $94k in FY2021, 36% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$765k in FY2023 and −$244k in FY2024. Cash covers 0.3 months, under the peer median of 4.5.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 96% a year since FY2021, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort8funders
$753ka year, last 3 years
92%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23Global Peace Alliance IncSince FY2022$1.4M$710kBrahmananda Saraswati FoundationOn and off$94kThe Olive Branch Foundation IncStopped after FY2019$55k$20k–Rita Morgan Charitable Foundation IncOn and off$30kBrahmananda Saraswati Yagya FoundationOn and off$20kMaharishi Foundation USA IncOn and off$15kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$20k1 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$10k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped