Mother Divine Program

Legal name: Mother Divine Program - Creating Coherence

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721243271
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2012
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2012
Location
Livingston Manor, NY, USA
Phone
1-877-77-BLISS (1-877-772-5477) or 1-641-209-1835
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Hinduism
Affiliation
Hinduism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$310,542
Expenses
$494,617
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Mother Divine Program was established to help single women deepen their spiritual development through the Transcendental Meditation® technique and the TM Sidhi ProgramSM, while radiating harmony in the world. The Mother Divine Program, established in 1981, is one of the most long-standing permanent peace-creating groups in the world. In their professional peace-creating role, the Mother Divine participants are silently radiating a powerful, nourishing influence of coherence in world consciousness every day through their extended practice of Transcendental Meditation and its advanced programs. The goal is to create a group of 1000 Mother Divine on each continent to benefit the whole world most profoundly. Open the tabs below to learn more. _Click here to support the permanent peace-creating group of Mother Divine._.

What it reported doing in 2012

The organization offers knowledge and inspiration for ladies around the world to establish groups of world peace professionals and offer programs in Maharishi Vedic Science in their countries. Part of this included creating programming for an internet channel broadcasting knowledge of Maharishi Vedic Science around the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: Limited
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -59.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -37% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -81.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $387K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2010 to 2012
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.