Maharishi Institute of Vedic Agriculture and Environmental Relationships
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843042700
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fairfield, IA, USA
- Phone
- 6414727673
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
- Affiliation
- Hinduism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $149,322
- Expenses
- $147,912
- Assets
- $15,757
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- John Konhaus (President)
People named in this filing
- John Konhaus (President)
- Sara Konhaus (Director)
- Mohannad Mustafa Nuristani (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
Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture (MVOA) develops and supports programs that promote Vedic organic agriculture and the development of human consciousness to help create and maintain ecological balance and a healthy environment. Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture (MVOA) is agriculture in harmony with Total Natural Law. The founder of this science and technology is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. MVOA is a holistic system of agriculture that nourishes and supports the farmer, his crops, and the greater environment by bringing the farmer in agreement with the culturing intelligence of Nature. It combines ancient wisdom with modern technology and the know-how to produce the most advanced, comprehensive and effective system of agriculture available. The culturing intelligence of Nature is that intelligence at the fundamental basis of our environment, responsible for coordinating and balancing...
What it reported doing in 2024
We taught courses in sustainable Vedic organic agriculture and courses for the development of consciousness, and began a research project in Vedic organic agriculture.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 27.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $148K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.