Global Peace Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872283189
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Lexington, KY, USA
Phone
8592218306
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,747,149
Expenses
$1,044,554
Assets
$9,391,592
Liabilities
$9,750

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL HEINRICH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN HAGELIN (SECRETARY): $120,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support and benefit organizations engaged in applying specific technologies of consciousness introduced by his holiness maharishi mahesh yogi. These scientific studies are successful in reducing terrorism, reducing violent crime and deaths from violent crime, reducing accidents and traffic fatalities, reducing drug related deaths, and reducing acute ethnic, political, and religious tensions. Collectively, the potential impact of this research exceeds that of any other ongoing social or psychosocial research program and confirms these technologies to be the most thoroughly tested and rigorously established programs to bring peace and harmony to all mankind as well as to the family of nations.

What it reported doing in 2025

To support and benefit organizations engaged in applying specific techonolgies of consciousness introduced by his holiness maharishi mahesh yogi. These programs will reduce terrorism, violent crime and deaths, traffic accidents and related fatalities, drug related deaths, acute ethnic, politicial, and religious tensions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 88.1%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.99; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 60.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 73.8% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.