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MAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC

EIN 04-3196447 FAIRFIELD, IA

Largest nonprofits in Iowa

Revenue 2023
$14,393,869
Expenses 2023
$14,780,812

Program services were 89.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 670

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 9247), covering 1 subordinate organization. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

  • GROUP RETURN

    MAHARISHI VEDIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORP EIN 91-1963115 FAIRFIELD, IA

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ADMINISTER AND SUPERVISE THE TEACHING OF TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION PROGRAMS AND ITS ADVANCED PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS INCLUDES OFFERING PROGRAMS IN ALL AREAS OF MAHARISHI'S VEDIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE NEEDED TO CREATE HEALTHY, HAPPY, ENLIGHTENED INDIVIDUALS IN A PROSPEROUS AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE ATTACHMENT 1

  • Teaching Transcendental Meditation to 16,640 people throughout the United States in venues open to the general public. Transcendental Meditation and Consciousness Based Education was taught to 2,189 students, in public and private school settings. It also was taught to Veterans and others with PTSD. Grant funding was included in the expenses of this program to accommodate more individuals. Participants of 1,676 enrolled in The Advanced Programs of Trancendental Meditation. The Program was predominantly taught by traveling Expert Faculty who visited cities all over the U.S.

    Expenses $12,797,128 · Grants $1,649,726

  • In-Residence program for Maharishi Vedic Experts funded by donations. Additionally, In-Residence program for an average of 65 practioners of the TM-Sidhis, participating in group coherence creating programs.

    Expenses $306,082

  • Average of 40 practioners of the TM-Sidhis techniques, participating in daily assemblies of group coherence creating programs. Grant funding is included in the program.

    Expenses $174,159 · Grants $145,098

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr John Hagelin

    CEO & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $78,000
    From this org
    $78,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Leonard Hintz

    DIRECTOR & COO

    Total calculated
    $72,000
    From this org
    $72,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gary Korf

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $41,700
    From this org
    $41,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Lackman

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $38,400
    From this org
    $38,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Dr Bevan G Morris

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Factor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howard Settle

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Schwartz

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neil Paterson

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maureen Wynne

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Daniels

    director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonard Goldman

    secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,393,869
    Expenses
    $14,780,812
    Contributions
    $1,587,548
    Grants paid
    $1,794,824
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,591,088
    Expenses
    $14,933,322
    Contributions
    $4,250,749
    Grants paid
    $2,515,360

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,517,484
    Expenses
    $14,343,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,469,857

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,805,981
    Expenses
    $12,676,659
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,159,563

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,772,301
    Expenses
    $21,024,192
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,236,384

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,795,659
    Expenses
    $25,468,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,832,195

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,019,656
    Expenses
    $20,524,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,467,393

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,046,722
    Expenses
    $20,536,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,962,419

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,359,706
    Expenses
    $19,128,844
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,065,893

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,050,765
    Expenses
    $19,238,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,020,412

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,443,063
    Expenses
    $16,632,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,033,523

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $12,534,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,133,580

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.