GANGAJI FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
GANGAJI FOUNDATION (EIN 84-1239976)
Tax period
2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed
2019-11-08
IRS object ID
201943129349303709
Schema version
2018v3.1
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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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.MissionDesc
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DescMEETINGS WITH GANGAJI: In the US, Germany, The Netherslands, New Zealand and Australia, the Foundation held 9 public meetings with a total attendance of approximately 1200 people.Eight retreats were held attended by over 800 people. Seven Three small group events were held, attended by approximately 280 people.Desc

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DescPrison Program: TOTAL EXPENSES = $112,331The Prison Program sponsors in-prison visits, a course by mail, a correspondence program with prisoners, and provides books, audios and videos free of charge to prisoners across the countryGangaji Media: TOTAL EXPENSES $60,433Downloads of the podcast programs, A Conversation with Gangaji, and Epiphany are free to all. In 2018, approximately 67,000 copies of the monthly episodes were downloaded.Bookstore: Expense $30,214 INCOME - $13,878DVDs, CDs, and books were made available via The Gangaji Foundation website to people requesting these materials from all over the world.Desc

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DescWEB-BASED PROGRAMS: The online event and community subscription program, With Gangaji, served over 425 participants with monthly meetings using conference calls, webcasts and interactive content. The Oasis streaming video library served over 300 monthly subscribers with video content from the current year and the video archives.Streaming video and audio downloads of event recordings were made available to event attendees via the Gangaji Foundation website.The website received 65,792 unique visitors from 177 countries in 2018. Articles and excerpts from Gangaji's talks are available for free on the website in English, French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Italian, Slovenian and Spanish. Audio and video clips of satsang teachings continue to be made available free of charge.Desc
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Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$8,765ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst-$4,727NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$4,202PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$209,432CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$369,423CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$289,459CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$436,011CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$526,261CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,830,586TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$385,789CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$434,898CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$427,659CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$367,926CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$440,907CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,057,179TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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$595,221CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$804,321CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$717,118CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$803,937CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$967,168CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$3,887,765TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$40,900CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$240,000CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$49,300CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$76,132CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$50,932CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$457,264TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$40,900CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$240,000CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$49,300CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$76,132CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$50,932CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$457,264TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$3,430,501PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$37,094CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$45,311CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$41,093CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$16,338CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$17,510CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$157,346TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$37,094CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$45,311CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$41,093CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$16,338CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$17,510CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$157,346TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$632,315CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$849,632CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$758,211CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$820,275CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$984,678CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,045,111TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.84810PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.67580PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.03890InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.03920InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$499,944OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$76,914DepreciationAmt
Book Value$423,030BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$31,249OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$4,218DepreciationAmt
Book Value$27,031BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$259,611OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$221,376DepreciationAmt
Book Value$38,235BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$45,036OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$45,036DepreciationAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$488,296TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescCUSTOMER EVENT DEPOSITSDesc
Amt$85,947Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$85,947TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter TravelYes (X)FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
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
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonA VARNERPersonNm
TitleCHAIR/TEACHERTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$188,600BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$535OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$54,000DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$243,135TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a.FormAndLineReferenceDesc

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (5 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxtTransactionTransactionAmtTransactionTransactionDescSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEAR
SEE BELOW$27,908GF rec'd to co-teachfalse
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEAR
SEE BELOW$13,658GF REC'D event dep.false
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEA
SEE BELOW$370GF sales to LFfalse
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEA
SEE BELOW$162GF bought from LFfalse
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEA
SEE BELOW$3,945GF PAID LF REFUND DEP.false

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 4d: Other Program Services DescriptionOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Prison Program: TOTAL EXPENSES = $112,331The Prison Program sponsors in-prison visits, a course by mail, a correspondence program with prisoners, and provides books, audios and videos free of charge to prisoners across the countryGangaji Media: TOTAL EXPENSES $60,433Downloads of the podcast programs, A Conversation with Gangaji, and Epiphany are free to all. In 2018, approximately 67,000 copies of the monthly episodes were downloaded.Bookstore: Expense $30,214 INCOME - $13,878DVDs, CDs, and books were made available via The Gangaji Foundation website to people requesting these materials from all over the world.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of MeetingsTHE GANGAJI FOUNDATION DOES NOT HAVE OTHER COMMITTEES
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessA COPY OF THE TAX RETURN IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO REVIEW IT PRIOR TO FILING
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementTHE 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, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableFINANCIAL 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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