GANGAJI FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization
GANGAJI FOUNDATION (EIN 84-1239976)
Tax period
2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed
2024-11-12
IRS object ID
202443179349302364
Schema version
2023v5.1
Source
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Activity Or MissionTHE GANGAJI FOUNDATION SERVES THE TRUTH OF UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RECOGNITION OF PEACE INHERENT IN THE CORE OF ALL BEING. IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE GANGAJI FOUNDATION TO FORTHRIGHTLY AND RESPECTFULLY PRESENT THE TEACHING AND TRANSMISSION OF GANGAJI, THROUGH THE GRACE OF SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI AND SRI H.W.L. POONJA.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Total$0TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$718,986CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$804,046CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$961,861CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,052,288CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$799,538CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,336,719TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$67,599CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$82,270CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$116,040CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$72,640CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$92,083CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$430,632TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$25,339CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$87,368CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$14,423CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$117,080CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$244,210TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$67,599CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$107,609CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$203,408CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$87,063CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$209,163CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$674,842TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$3,661,877PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$10CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$17CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$41CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,836CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,782CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,686TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$10CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$17CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$41CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,836CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,782CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$9,686TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,274CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,611CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,335CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$7,220TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$718,996CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$804,063CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$963,176CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,057,735CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$809,655CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,353,625TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.84110PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.90860PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00220InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.00450InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$247,840OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$247,840BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$252,104OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$103,458DepreciationAmt
Book Value$148,646BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$33,703OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$8,406DepreciationAmt
Book Value$25,297BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$166,903OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$154,875DepreciationAmt
Book Value$12,028BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$19,487OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$18,068DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,419BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$435,230TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescCUSTOMER EVENT DEPOSITSDesc
Amt$61,225Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$61,225TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (true)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (true)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonA VARNERPersonNm
TitleCHAIR/TEACHERTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$194,228BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$5,712OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$199,940TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonLEELA FOUNDATIONPersonNm
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Relationship DescriptionSEE BELOWRelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction$4,263TransactionAmt
TransactionLF PAID GF FOR EVENT SVCSTransactionDesc
Sharing Of RevenuesfalseSharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule L, Part V Supplemental InformationFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationJAXON-BEAR, THE CHAIR FOR LEELA FOUNDATION (LF) IS HUSBAND TO A. VARNER CHAIR-PERSON FOR THE GANGAJI FOUNDATION (GF)ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4dOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Prison Program: The Prison Program offers a course by mail and a correspondence program to incarcerated individuals, and also provides books, audios and videos by request, free-of-charge to prisoners across the country. In 2023 approximately 775 prisoners were served by the course. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Scholarship Program:The Gangaji Foundation scholarship program serves those who have a deep calling to be with Gangaji, but do not have the financial means to attend a retreat or weekend with Gangaji. In 2023 ,17 people attended In-person retreats with Gangaji with support from scholarships. Scholarships were also awarded to 15 applicants for attendance to online small group retreats. There were 72 participants awarded scholarships for a one-year membership to the With Gangaji on-line subscription program.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8bTHE GANGAJI FOUNDATION DOES NOT HAVE OTHER COMMITTEES
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bA COPY OF THE TAX RETURN IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO REVIEW IT PRIOR TO FILING
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15aTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWED COMPENSATION FOR GANGAJI (ANTOINETTE VARNER) AND FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BARBARA DENEMPONT) USING INFORMATION FROM THE FOUNDATION'S NON-PROFIT ATTORNEY, FROM THE MOUNTAIN STATES EMPLOYER'S COUNCIL REPORTING, AND FROM GUIDESTAR NON-PROFIT COMPENSATION REPORT. GANGAJI AND BARBARA RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM ANY CONVERSATIONS AND DECISION-MAKING REGARDING THEIR COMPENSATION
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND TAX RETURNS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AND AT GUIDESTAR.ORG. IN ADDITION ALL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOUNDATION'S OFFICE UPON REQUEST.

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