Life in Yoga Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204673837
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ashton, MD, USA
Phone
3015268308
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,602
Expenses
$5,180
Assets
$328,923
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • C Rajan Narayanan (Executive Director and Secretary to Board)

People named in this filing

  • Ashok Thareja (Chairman of Board of Trustees)
  • Ratna Nandakumar (Trustee)
  • C Rajan Narayanan (Executive Director and Secretary to Board)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Supporting non-profit research and education in yoga

What it reported doing in 2025

Support for Research into Vibration Measurement technologies for deepening spiritual understanding of yoga that can have far reaching benefits for the body and mind of humanity

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.9%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79.8%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 63.5; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.9% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.