Global Country of World Peace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364519393
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Fairfield, IA, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
General Science

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,340
Expenses
$169,613
Assets
$158,366
Liabilities
$3,776

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr John Hagelin (President and Director)

People named in this filing

  • Dr John Hagelin (President and Director)
  • Dr Maureen Wynne (Secretary and Director)
  • Robert LoPinto (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations mission is to serve as a nonprofit organization organized and operated exclusively for educational charitable and scientific purposes making total knowledge of natural law as brought to light by maharishi mahesh yogi easily available in its completeness to human awareness and providing the means for creating a permanent state of peace and harmony throughout the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support of peace creating groups using the Transcendental Meditation program to make the total knowledge of Natural Law as brought to light by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi easily available in its completeness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 103.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $163K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.