Vermont · Nonprofit
TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST
TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,800,000 to it, the largest being THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ($1,800,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Terra Naam Retreat Charitable Trust does
Mission
The mission is to provide a retreat center to be used on an ongoing basis by practitioners of Surat Shabd Yoga and others interested in prayer, meditation and solitude. There are locations on the property for meditation and prayer, and day visitors and overnight guests were served. There is a daily group meditation and study meeting consisting of a two hour meditation followed by a video.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Purpose: The retreat center is used on an ongoing basis by practitioners of Surat Shabd Yoga and others interested in meditation, prayer and solitude. There are two locations on the property for solitary or group meditation. Terra Naam Retreat is located in a quiet rural setting which is helpful for spiritual development.
$35,630 spent33% of program spendingAccommodations: The retreat provides overnight accomodations and meals. Both day visitors and overnight guests were served. There is a kitchen and meeting facility on the property. There is no fee for the use of these services. Practitioners may make free will offerings or tithes at any time. According to the teachings of Surat Shabd Yoga, physical service and financial service are helping factors in spiritual development.
$35,629 spent33% of program spendingStudy/Guidance: There is a daily group meditation and study meeting consisting of a two hour meditation followed by a video. Support and assistance are also provided to participants when needed. The evening group meditation is held in the kitchen building. No fee is ever charged for these meetings.
$35,629 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $106,888.
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.
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 $1.3M to $3.3M (+147%).
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.
100% of TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST’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 TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST
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In Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST?
- TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,800,000 to it, the largest being THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND ($1,800,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,800,000 in grants to TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST.
- Who is the largest funder of TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST?
- THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TERRA NAAM RETREAT CHARITABLE TRUST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 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