David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace

What it reported doing in 2024

Women's health initiative: the women's health initiative provides tm training for survivors of any gender or agender who have experienced domestic or gender-based violence or sexual assault. In New York city, dlf offers services to survivors at the manhattan family justice center, an initiative of the New York city mayor's office to end domestic and gender-based violence that provides a holistic array of services to survivors at one location. Dlf has consistently taught within the women's health initiative and is expanding its efforts by partnering directly with organizations that support survivors of intimate partner and domestic violence. Dlf also teaches tm to survivors at its regional offices in los angeles and Washington, dc.healthy families healthy communities: the foundation's outreach program focused on serving communities and populations that experience trauma and toxic stress in the New York city area. The populations served within healthy families healthy communities (hfhc) include community groups, latino and black community members. Instructions take place at community centers, offices of nonprofits, local businesses, and the dlf office in midtown manhattan. Through this citywide initiative, dlf is working towards addressing health inequities in New York city, as well as increasing the wellness and wellbeing of nyc government workers and community members. In partnering with nyc government agencies, dlf continues the focused effort of demonstrating the effectiveness of tm and the importance of getting instructions covered by health insurance.los angeles: the foundation began serving the los angeles community in 2010. In 2019 the healthy families healthy communities program was created to expand the mission to support vulnerable families in southern California. Ucla luskin institute was interested in conducting research on the benefits of the practice of the tm technique for parents, and found that 92% of parents in the study felt less stressed and 82% experienced greater patience as a result of tm. Additionally, surveys found statistically significant increases in their hopefulness (their perceived ability to set and achieve goals). Because of these positive results, the researchers concluded that "tm is a promising intervention for caregiver well-being, promoting resilience and improving family dynamics. Its scalability and low-cost implementation make it a practical tool for community health and family support programs."the foundation also provides programs for community centers serving youth that have been incarcerated, veterans who suffer from symptoms of ptsd, women survivors of domestic violence, individuals in recovery from substance abuse disorders, and frontline mental health providers. In 2023, dlf began a new initiative to teach first responders (firefighters, police, emt's, etc) the tm technique, partnering with first responder wellness, malibu first responder recovery, los angeles county fire department, la county fire chiefs association and ventura county first responder wellness to teach hundreds of first responders with very positive outcomes. Dlf also has a partnership with university of southern California school of social work to train their faculty and students in tm as well as with the school's trauma recovery center, which provides free mental health services to the los angeles community. And hundreds of people in la who were traumatized by losing their homes in the 2025 la fires have been taught tm in partnership with revolve impact at the dena heals community center location in altadena. The foundation has a partnership with the santa barbara foundation to train their staff in tm and connect dlf to teach mental health staff at the santa barbara unified school district. The foundation also teaches tm to first responders in santa barbara in partnership with the santa barbara police foundation.for decades, tm has been used as an adjunct to HIV/AIDS treatment by individuals who must confront se

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 73.1%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Limited
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.73; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 23.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings