GANGAJI FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
GANGAJI FOUNDATION (EIN 84-1239976)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-11-09
IRS object ID
201723139349303332
Schema version
2016v3.0
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, Canada, Germany, Denmark, and Australia, the Foundation held 10 public meetings with a total attendance of approximately 1650 people.Five retreats were held in the US, Germany, and Australia attended by over 420 people. Five weekend retreats were held in the US, Canada, Denmark and Germany, which were attended by over 550 people. Three small group events were held, attended by approximately 140 people.Desc

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Desc** 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 2016 scholarships were awarded to 56 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.** Prison ProgramThe Prison Program sponsors in-prison visits, a correspondence program with prisoners, and provides books, audios and videos free of charge to prisoners across the country.** 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.** Gangaji Radio Downloads of the internet radio programs, A Conversation with Gangaji, and Epiphany are free to all. In 2016, well over a million copies of the monthly episodes were downloaded.Desc

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DescWEB-BASED PROGRAMS: The online event and community subscription program, With Gangaji, served over 450 participants with monthly meetings using conference calls, webcasts and interactive content. The Oasis streaming video library served over 250 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 77,334 unique visitors from 174 countries in 2016. Articles and excerpts from Gangaji's talks are available for free on the website in English, French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. Audio and video clips of satsang teachings continue to be made available free of charge.Desc
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$372,932CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$730,156CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$209,432CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$369,423CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$289,459CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,971,402TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$470,155CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$779,817CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$385,789CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$434,898CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$427,659CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$2,498,318TotalAmt

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$843,087CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,509,973CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$595,221CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$804,321CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$717,118CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,469,720TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$161,100CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$694,500CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$40,900CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$260,000CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$57,444CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,213,944TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year$63,372CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$63,372TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$161,100CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$694,500CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$40,900CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$260,000CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$120,816CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,277,316TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$3,192,404PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$31,636CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$40,753CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$37,094CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$45,311CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$41,093CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$195,887TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$31,636CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$40,753CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$37,094CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$45,311CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$41,093CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$195,887TotalAmt

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$874,723CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,550,726CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$632,315CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$849,632CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$758,211CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,665,607TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.68420PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.68370PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.04200InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.03890InvestmentIncomePYPct
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

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$499,944OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$51,276DepreciationAmt
Book Value$448,668BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$31,249OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,633DepreciationAmt
Book Value$28,616BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$280,761OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$266,794DepreciationAmt
Book Value$13,967BookValueAmt

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$491,251TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescCUSTOMER EVENT DEPOSITSDesc
Amt$22,082Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$22,082TotalLiabilityAmt

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
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$53,000DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$3,600NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$242,135TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

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$86,189GF REC'D CO-TEACH FDfalse
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEAR
SEE BELOW$26,621GF REC'D REFUND DEPfalse
LEELA FDN-CHAIR JAXON-BEA
SEE BELOW$1,195LF BOUGHT ITEMSfalse
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 IS HUSBAND TO A. VARNER CHAIR-PERSON FOR THE GANGAJI FOUNDATIONExplanationTxt

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 2016 scholarships were awarded to 56 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.** Prison ProgramThe Prison Program sponsors in-prison visits, a correspondence program with prisoners, and provides books, audios and videos free of charge to prisoners across the country.** 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.** Gangaji Radio Downloads of the internet radio programs, A Conversation with Gangaji, and Epiphany are free to all. In 2016, well over a million copies of the monthly episodes were downloaded. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5:
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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