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PRAMA INSTITUTE

PRAMA INSTITUTE (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being SAMARA FUND INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$352k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$217k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Prama Institute does

Mission

The mission of the Prama Institute is to engage in educational activities and social actions to liberate the intellect and further individual and collective welfare through educational programs, community development, social services and the dissemination of related publications and materials.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Prama Wellness Center - The Wellness Center operates retreats that educate people about healthy diet and lidestyle. It provided participants with individualized recommendations for personal diet and lifestyle. It provided participants with individualized recommendations for personal diets, exercises and other changes to their lives so that they can improve their mental and physical health in a natural way. The Wellness Center offered one day educational programs for wellness as well as provided on-going health coaching to those interested in this sport.

    $73,476 spent$77,417 earned by the program
    21% of program spending
  2. Community Partnerships - The Prama Institute partners with other organizations to assist them in conducting retreats or conferences at the Prama Institute facilities. The Prama Institute will assist with logistics, accomodations, meals and marketing to help conduct these programs. Partmers conduct educational programs that are consistent with the mission and purpose of the Prama Institute.

    $995 spent$29,698 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  3. Prama Institute Programs - These are educational retreats, conferences and workshops conducted directly by Prama Institute staff and invited teachers or speakers. The Prama Institute sets the topics, dates and all the details related to the program.

    $273,323 spent$219,253 earned by the program
    79% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $347,794.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($257k) Expenses 100 ($268k) Net assets 100 ($268k)2018 Revenue 97 ($250k) Expenses 103 ($276k) Net assets 90 ($242k)2019 Revenue 106 ($272k) Expenses 102 ($273k) Net assets 90 ($240k)2020 Revenue 69 ($177k) Expenses 59 ($158k) Net assets 97 ($259k)2021 Revenue 88 ($227k) Expenses 88 ($235k) Net assets 94 ($252k)2022 Revenue 98 ($253k) Expenses 110 ($295k) Net assets 78 ($209k)2023 Revenue 139 ($356k) Expenses 132 ($352k) Net assets 80 ($213k)2024 Revenue 137 ($352k) Expenses 130 ($348k) Net assets 81 ($217k)
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Revenue (137)Expenses (130)Net assets (81)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $347k to $458k (+32%).

$377k
$348k
$347k
$458k
$369k
$331k
$338k
$323k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 22% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

7% of PRAMA INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$11k
’17
−$26k
’18
−$2k
’19
$19k
’20
−$8k
’21
−$43k
’22
$4k
’23
$4k
’24
1.8
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed66677766
Joined·+0+1+2+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·0110011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of PRAMA INSTITUTE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of PRAMA INSTITUTE's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

PRAMA INSTITUTE's revenue grew 37% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve1.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
67%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds PRAMA INSTITUTE?
PRAMA INSTITUTE (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being SAMARA FUND INC ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PRAMA INSTITUTE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to PRAMA INSTITUTE.
Who is the largest funder of PRAMA INSTITUTE?
SAMARA FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRAMA INSTITUTE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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