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Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Fairfield, IA EIN: 26-2986750 Website

To secure peace, affluence and invincibility for life everywhere on earth by providing perpetual support for large groups practicing transcendental meditation and its advanced techniques, especially large groups of maharishi vedic pandits who also offer special vedic performances for the welfare of the world.

Key facts about Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

In short: Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gave $2.2M across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $552K), mostly in Iowa. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
26-2986750
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$2,209,881
Grants made (2025)
4
Average grant
$552,470
Median grant
$511,941
Total assets
$77,632,957
Primary geography
Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$77.6M

-0.2% YoY

Annual Giving

$2.2M

-29.1% YoY

Grant Count

4

-42.9% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$552K

+24.0% YoY

How Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 23% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation is a public charity focused on religion, based in Fairfield, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $77.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $2.2M. Net investment income was $3.0M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

Cities

FairfieldLivingston ManorSt. Louis

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M5 grants2019 4 grants2020 5 grants2021 6 grants2022 5 grants2023 7 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $435K (2020) to $4.4M (2023). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $2.2M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Maharishi Foundation International: $1.2MMaharishi FoundationInternational$1.2MMaharishi International University: $1.0MMaharishi InternationalUniversity$1.0MBrahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundat: $24KBrahmananda Saraswati YagyaFoundat$24KInstitue for Excellence in Africa: $6KInstitue for Excellence inAfrica$6K

The largest 2025 recipient was Maharishi Foundation International ($1.2M). Together the top 4 received $2.2M.

Grant Size Distribution

27 grants across all recorded years

12<$50K3$50–100K3$100–250K1$250–500K2$500K–1M6$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 27 (44%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Maharishi Foundation International Fairfield, IASee Part IV$1,180,000
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IASee Part IV$1,000,000
Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundat Fairfield, IASee Part IV$23,881
Institue for Excellence in Africa Fairfield, IASee Part IV$6,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$10M$20M$30M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$77,632,957$77,826,057$83,839,716
Revenue$12,370,290$10,618,102$10,836,990
Expenses$13,579,697$18,944,376$16,902,214
Net Investment Income$2,960,611$3,133,533$463,466

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 29, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 26, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 3, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 29, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 30, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 1, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation is led by Harris Kaplan, CEO on every filing since 2019; 1 of 17 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Harris Kaplan

    CEO

    On filings since 2019

    30 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bevan Morris

    Chairman

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Antonio Bartolome Menendez

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Hagelin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Neil Paterson

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rafael David

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rainer Picha

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Rubin

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arlene Kaplan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Howard Martin Chandler

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Brooks

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maureen Wynne

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Swan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Luis Alvarez

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeannie Rose

    CFO & Secretary

    CFO → CFO & Secretary, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $52K (2019) → $48K (2025)

  • Leonard Goldman

    Assistant Se

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Lopinto

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (47)
  • Former: Jose Luis Alavrez Roset (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Bjarne Steffen Landsfeldt (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Bruce Plaut (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Dean Dodrill (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Eike Hartmann (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Emanuel Schiffgens (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Felix Urs Kagi (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Garish Varma (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Graham Anthony De Freitas (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Hugh Richard Alan Godfrey (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Ior Guglielmi (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: James Kevin Egan (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: James Rogers Badgett Jr. (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: John Fagan (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Maj Kulwant Singh Uysm Retd (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mariano Facipieri (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Michael Charles Dillbeck (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Paul Potter (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Peter Warburton (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Richard Glenn Ross (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Robert G. Wynne (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Deceased 2020
  • Former: Tony Nader (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Volker Schanbacher (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Willem Meijles (2019–2020) — Director · Filing note: Retired 820
  • Former: Avinoam Shlomo Barkol Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Chris Bromley Crowell Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Dr Rajavikram (2020) — Director
  • Former: John Carol Konhaus Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Larry Chroman Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Patrick John Barrett Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Peter Frederick Swan Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Prakash Shrivastava Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Shawn Jeffrey Herman Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Elijah Stanley Ret (2020) — Director
  • Former: Avinoam Shlomo Barkol (2019) — Director
  • Former: Christopher Bromley Crowell (2019) — Director
  • Former: John Carol Konhaus (2019) — Director
  • Former: John H. Black (2019) — Director
  • Former: Kingsley Brooks (2019) — Director
  • Former: Larry Chroman (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lucien Mansour (2019) — Director · Filing note: Resigned 12019
  • Former: Patrick John Barrett (2019) — Director
  • Former: Peter Frederick Swan (2019) — Director
  • Former: Prakash Shrivastava (2019) — Director
  • Former: Rajavikram Charoen-Rajapark (2019) — Director
  • Former: Shawn Jeffrey Herman (2019) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Elijah Stanley (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Jeannie Rose — CFO & Secret: $48KJeannie RoseCFO & Secret$48K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $48K, to Jeannie Rose (CFO & Secret).

Frequently asked questions about Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation

How much does Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation give each year?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gave $2.2M across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $3.1M across 7 grants.

What is Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation's typical grant size?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $511,941, and its average grant was $552,470, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation give grants?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gives mostly in Iowa: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Fairfield, IA (4 grants).

Does Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "See Part IV" (4 grants).

How large is Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation reported $77.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $12.4M.

What is Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation is a public charity focused on religion, based in Fairfield, IA. It holds $77.6M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation's EIN?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-2986750. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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