Kundalini Research Institute

What it reported doing in 2024

We strive to uphold three pillars of purpose: training and education of students and teachers, conducting research on the benefits of kundalini yoga, publishing authentic material about kundalini yoga, and collaborating in the creation of resources with teachers and students globally. Training & education kri collaborates with teacher trainers around the world to create the global methods and standards for training and certifying kundalini yoga teachers. The aim is not just to create more than instructors of yoga able to lead exercises, but emotionally and spiritually mature human beings able and willing to serve humanity through their own unique gifts. From the beginning, teachers are taught to build leadership in students instead of focusing on collecting students. We want to bring this helpful, healing practice to more people and not focus on any one individual. By sharing widely, we seek to foster a culture of true equanimity. This is a collectively focused training program divided into three levels of certification. Research many practitioners experience kundalini yoga as a way to access the natural healing capacity of our own body and mind. But todays healthcare environment requires formal research and proven results before alternative therapies, such as kundalini yoga, can be incorporated into medical treatment as a healing modality. Kri provides centralized access to research about yoga and kundalini yoga for teachers to use, especially when bringing kundalini yoga into therapeutic and institutional settings. Kri supports and tracks the efforts of those conducting research, providing current information as it develops. New articles are provided regularly on the benefits of yoga in a variety of health applications. Publishing kri is the primary publisher of books and manuals on kundalini yoga. Kri takes great care to accurately preserve the teachings and kriyas that will continue to be passed down for many generations. Kri promotes books on the teachings of kundalini yoga by many qualified authors. Kri works to ensure that subjects and kriyas are conveyed with accuracy and portrayed with integrity. After a thorough check and review, books that meet the standards of kri are awarded the kri seal of approval. The kri seal of approval is a sign that the teachings of yogi bhajan have been accurately conveyed.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $271.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 82.4%; rating input score 82; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: -25.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.88; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings