NonprofitsBrahmananda Saraswati Foundation

Religion-Related

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

FAIRFIELD, IA

Total revenue

$10.6M

Total expenses

$18.9M

Net assets

$77.5M

Grants received

$11.2M

39 grants

EIN

262986750

Tax year

2024

Mission

To secure peace, affluence and invincibility for life everywhere on earth by providing perpetual support for large groups practicing transcendental meditation and its advanced techniques, especially large groups of maharishi vedic pandits who also offer special vedic performances for the welfare of the world.

Programs

2 programs

Grants to assist non-profit organizations around the world with goals similar to those of brahmananda saraswati foundation. These grants provide expanded, broad-based support for bsf's educational and charitable mission to promote world peace through the practice of the vedic pandits and other coherence creating groups. The practice of these groups brings an influence of peace, coherence, and affluence in the collective consciousness for the whole world population.

Expenses: $13.1MGrants: $13.1M

In-residence courses held at the brahmasthan of india provided over 500 participants from 60 different countries the opportunity to experience the tangible influence of the vedic pandits. These courses also included knowledge lectures of vedic science as well as presentations on the scientific research done on the individual and group practice of transcendental meditation. As a result of these courses, brahmananda saraswati foundation expects expanded awareness of the unique value of its mission and hopes for added support.

Expenses: $400K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$6.6M
Program service revenue$475K
Investment income$3.1M
Other revenue$393K
Total revenue$10.6M

Expenses

Grants paid$17.4M
Salaries & benefits$229K
Fundraising$255K
Other expenses$1.3M
Total expenses$18.9M
Total assets$77.8M
Net assets$77.5M

People

17 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JEANNIE ROSE

CFO & SECRET

Board

$48K

40 hrs/wk

DR BEVAN MORRIS

CHAIRMAN

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR ROBERT LOPINTO

TREASURER

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

LEONARD GOLDMAN

ASSISTANT SE

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR LESLIE BROOKS

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR HOWARD MARTIN CHANDLER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR RAFAEL DAVID

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR JOHN HAGELIN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR LUIS ALVAREZ

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR MAUREEN WYNNE

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR ARLENE KAPLAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR ANTONIO BARTOLOME MENENDEZ

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR NEIL PATERSON

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

RAINER PICHA

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR STEVE RUBIN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

DR HARRIS KAPLAN

CEO

Board

30 hrs/wk

DR SUSAN SWAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.3 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 39 of 39

FromAmountPurposeYear
$677K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
2024
$150K
SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS ORGANIZATION
2024
$100K
TO SECURE PEACE, AFFLUENCE AND INVINCIBILITY FOR LIFE EVERYWHERE ON EARTH BY PROVIDING PREPETUAL SUPPORT FOR LARGE GROUPS PRACTICING TRANSENDENTAL MEDITATION.
2024
$3K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$502K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
2023
$70K
TO SECURE PEACE, AFFLUENCE AND INVINCIBILITY FOR LIFE EVERYWHERE ON EARTH BY PROVIDING PREPETUAL SUPPORT FOR LARGE GROUPS PRACTICING TRANSENDENTAL MEDITATION.
2023
$44K
CONSC. BASED EDUCATI
2023
$18K
Promote World Peace
2023
$16K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$8K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$6K
Support
2023
$270K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
2022
$121K
CONSC. BASED EDUCATI
2022
$30K
Promote World Peace
2022
$8K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$3K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$249K
for General Support
2021
$53K
CONSC. BASED EDUCATI
2021
$51K
SUPPORT THE DHAMMAJARINEE SCHOOL IN THAILAND
2021
$6K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$4K
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2021
$326K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
2020
$241K
For General Support
2020
$10K
CONSC. BASED EDUCATI
2020
$8K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$291K
RELIGION RELATED
2019
$15K
CONSC. BASED EDUCATI
2019
$1.1M
RELIGION RELATED
2018
$1.1M
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017
$17K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$5K
CURRENT USE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2017

Funded by

$11.2M from 13 funders · 39 grants · 2017–2024

Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation

$5.6M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$2.6M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

The Rona And Jeffrey Abramson Foundation

$1.8M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Maharishi Purusha Program

$490K · 2 grants · 2020–2021

Maharishi International University

$244K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Schwartz Family Foundation

$201K · 2 grants · 2021–2024

Ravi And Naina Patel Foundation

$170K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Annapurna Global Foundation

$48K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Details

EIN262986750
NTEE codeX12
Subsection03
Ruling date2009-03
Formed2008
Employees10
Volunteers15
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