GANGAJI FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
GANGAJI FOUNDATION (EIN 84-1239976)
Tax period
2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed
2018-10-30
IRS object ID
201813039349301816
Schema version
2017v2.2
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, and Australia, the Foundation held 10 public meetings with a total attendance of approximately 1170 people.Five retreats were held in the US, Germany, and Australia attended by over 400 people. Five weekend retreats were held in the US, Canada, Denmark and Germany, which were attended by over 500 people. Three small group events were held, attended by approximately 185 people.Desc

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DescPrison Program: TOTAL EXPENSES = $91,809Includes in-prison visits, a correspondence program with prisoners, and provides books, audios and videos free of charge to prisoners across the country.Gangaji Media: TOTAL EXPENSES $62,038Downloads of the podcast programs, A Conversation with Gangaji, and Epiphany are free to all. In 2017, well over a million copies of the monthly episodes were downloaded.Bookstore: Expense $33,690DVDs, 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 430 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 67,722 unique visitors from 174 countries in 2017. 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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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$730,156CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$209,432CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$369,423CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$289,459CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$436,011CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,034,481TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$779,817CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$385,789CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$434,898CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$427,659CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$367,926CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,396,089TotalAmt

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$1,509,973CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$595,221CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$804,321CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$717,118CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$803,937CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,430,570TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$694,500CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$40,900CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$260,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$49,300CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$40,000CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,084,700TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$64,016CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$165,638CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$229,654TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$694,500CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$40,900CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$260,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$113,316CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$205,638CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,314,354TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$3,116,216PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$40,753CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$37,094CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$45,311CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$41,093CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$16,338CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$180,589TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$40,753CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$37,094CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$45,311CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$41,093CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$16,338CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$180,589TotalAmt

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$1,550,726CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$632,315CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$849,632CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$758,211CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$820,275CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,611,159TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.67580PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.68420PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.03920InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.04200InvestmentIncomePYPct
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$64,095DepreciationAmt
Book Value$435,849BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$31,249OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$3,426DepreciationAmt
Book Value$27,823BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$253,457OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$203,939DepreciationAmt
Book Value$49,518BookValueAmt

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$513,190TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
CUSTOMER EVENT DEPOSITS$40,272
Rounding$1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$40,273TotalLiabilityAmt

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
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
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$185,000BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$535OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$3,600NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$189,135TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

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 (4 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

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: ** 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 2017 scholarships were awarded to 84 people for attendance at residential retreats, weekend events, small group retreats and participation in the With Gangaji on-line subscription program.** Public Access Television ProgramThe Public Access Television (PATV) Program currently supports 29 volunteers in bringing specially formatted Meetings with Gangaji videos to their hometown public access television stations. A complete listing of PATV channels currently showing Meetings with Gangaji is available on the Gangaji website.** Local Video Groups ProgramAll around the world people are gathering together in small groups to support each other in bringing their attention to the possibility of peace within, with each other, and with the world. These groups meet on a weekly or monthly basis to watch a video of one of Gangajis recent meetings and share in a myriad of ways. For a complete and current listing of US and International Video Groups, please see the Gangaji Foundation website.** Global Translations Program A global team of volunteers are working to translate Gangajis work into their native languages. ** Archive Project: A team of staff and volunteers are digitizing and archiving thousands of analog tapes from the 1990s.
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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