Heartfulness Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811750608
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Ramon, CA, USA
Phone
9258990995
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,541,324
Expenses
$976,948
Assets
$4,006,274
Liabilities
$33,879

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GIRISH DIXIT (PRESIDENT)
  • BALAJI IYER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DR JAYARAM THIMMAPURAM (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTOPHER THOMAS MILLS (DIRECTOR)
  • KAMINI KHANJEE (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To organize conferences, events and workshops with keynote speakers and spotlight sessions offered to the public to learn and experience heartfulness relaxation and meditation. To promote wellness for everyday stress relief and improved performance through meditation.to collaborate and impact schools, colleges, corporations, libraries and medical establishments to practice meditation and reduce stress.

What it reported doing in 2024

Heartfulness relaxation and meditation programs were offered as part of corporate wellness programs. Various wellness events and conscious living workshops at heartfulness centers, schools, and community centers as well as in yoga centers with similar purpose of promoting wellness. Oracle, blue cross blue shield, dominion energy, citibank, amazon, google, and microsoft are some of the organizations that availed of our program. Events were also held virtually on social media platforms. Digital classes, digital journals, and video subscriptions are offered online.over 250 corporations nationwide availed of these free webinars and introductory sessions. Additionally sessions were conducted for schools and community centers also via webinars for stress relief and relaxation. Organize and engage volunteers, local communities and spiritual/educational/religious leaders, consulate general of india and local mayors/representatives to come on a common platform and have a gsm event like the global summit that was conducted in kanha, hyderabad. Have it organized at all major cities with hfn centersbuild a operating training and system based process to enable the newly appointed functionaries and office bearers to be able to share data, conduct orientation and enable the activities at remote centers as well as major cities.initiate a search process to procure a property with a plan to build a center to conduct activities in the us and serve as the hq for retreats and programs indicated in the bylaws.start identifying schools, colleges and universities to collaborate and eventually become part of the initiatives under the "education" services of hi as indicated in the bylaws.continue to monitor and engage with university of manchester for the research project initiated in q4 of 2023 and university of san diego in 2022 to be concluded and results published.fund and organize a youth event "unwind" at fremont to bring together all youth from the institute and the community for an engaging and learning opportunity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.1; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $851K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.