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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI YAGYA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,122,846
Total expenses
$9,225,919
Contributions and grants received
$8,734,693
Grants paid
$7,045,253
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$388,153
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,495,087
Total liabilities, end of year
$385,933
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,109,154
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,419,283
Management and general expenses
$627,183
Fundraising expenses
$179,453
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,419,283

Program services were 91.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,734,693

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $153,676

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $249,914 · excluded $249,914

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $138,239

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $138,239

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $138,239 · excluded $138,239

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,771,183 · program services $1,771,183

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $5,274,070 · program services $5,274,070

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $36,784 · management and general $36,784

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $54,000 · program services $48,478 · management and general $5,522

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,815 · program services $4,193 · management and general $3,622

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,426 · management and general $3,426

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,161 · management and general $46,161

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $381,721 · program services $381,721

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,352 · fundraising $1,352

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $177,709 · program services $62 · management and general $8,262 · fundraising $169,385

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,002,091 · program services $757,207 · management and general $236,168 · fundraising $8,716

  • 17 · Travel

    total $58,228 · program services $58,228

  • 20 · Interest

    total $10,631 · program services $10,631

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $100,823 · program services $100,823

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,069 · program services $6,362 · management and general $707

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHARE OF MVI INCOME

    total $217,847 · management and general $217,847

  • 24b · Other expenses: SHARE OF MRRVE INCOME

    total $68,684 · management and general $68,684

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $6,325 · program services $6,325

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $609,442 · end of year $315,881

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,052,093 · end of year $1,205,664

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $36,569 · end of year $34,340

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $348,938 · end of year $381,595

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $94,356

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $17,925

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $64,716 · end of year $76,431

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,810,027 · end of year $2,517,234

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $11,174,612 · end of year $11,785,048

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $199,508 · end of year $178,894

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $195,347 · end of year $339,794

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,030 · end of year $46,139

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,097,528 · end of year $16,109,154

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BRAHMANANDA SARASWATI YAGYA FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF VEDIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF VEDIC YAGYA PERFORMANCES TO PROMOTE HARMONY AND PROGRESS ON EVERY LEVEL OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PAGE 2 PART III #1 FOR DETAIL.

  • SUPPORT OF VEDIC PANDITS IN INDIA TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF VEDIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD AND PROMOTE HARMONY AND PROGRESS ON EVERY LEVEL OF LIFE.

    Expenses $3,892,000 · Grants $3,892,000

  • VEDIC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION PROJECTS IN NETHERLANDS.

    Expenses $423,665 · Grants $423,665

  • VEDIC PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION PROJECTS IN SWITZERLAND.

    Expenses $623,654 · Grants $623,654

  • Expenses $3,479,964 · Grants $2,105,934

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • NEIL PATERSON

    PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • RICHARD BOYLAND

    TREASURER AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MICHAEL BUSCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SATINDER SWAROOP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SURESH CHATRANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAVI PATEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN PETERSEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $24,784
    From this org
    $24,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MAHARISHI RAM RAJ VEDIC EDUCATION

    C · EDUCATION · IN · 99.97% owned · share of income -$68,680 · share of assets $4,777,512 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BSYF

  • MAHARISHI VEDIC INSTITUTE PVT LTD

    C · EDUCATION · NP · 100% owned · share of income -$217,847 · share of assets $7,618,165 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by BSYF

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513109349300346

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