LOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: LOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION (EIN 80-0308502)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-06-12
IRS object ID: 202521639349301312
Schema version: 2024v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-06-12T11:15:45-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	611442118	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROJAS & ASSOCIATES CPAS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1048 IRVINE AVENUE SUITE 245	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEWPORT BEACH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	92660	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	800308502	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LOVE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8886637770	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	226 W OJAI AVE SUITE 101 531	AddressLine1Txt
City	OJAI	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93023	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MITCHELL MARKUS	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8886637770	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-06-12	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	ROBERT L ROJAS	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01410934	PTIN
Phone	2132839500	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MITCHELL MARKUS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	226 W OJAI AVE SUITE 101 531	AddressLine1Txt
City	OJAI	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93023	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,832,947	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.RAMDASS.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2008	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE MISSION OF LOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION IS TO PRESERVE AND DISSEMINATE THE TEACHINGS OF SPIRITUAL MASTERS FROM VARIOUS WORLD RELIGIONS, ESPECIALLY THE SPIRITUAL WORKS OF NEEM KAROLI BABA AND DR. RICHARD ALPERS A/K/A RAM DASS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$478,490	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$456,039	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,956,623	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,965,044	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$346,662	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$254,259	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,781,775	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,675,342	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$19,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$788,824	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$767,184	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$81,385	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,203,448	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,138,118	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,992,272	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,924,302	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$210,497	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$248,960	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$950,188	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$774,486	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$125,284	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$114,866	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$824,904	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$659,620	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF LOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION IS TO PRESERVE AND DISSEMINATE THE TEACHINGS OF SPIRITUAL MASTERS FROM VARIOUS WORLD RELIGIONS, ESPECIALLY THE SPIRITUAL WORKS OF NEEM KAROLI BABA AND DR. RICHARD ALPERS A/K/A RAM DASS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,580,830	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$19,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$2,219,303	RevenueAmt
Desc	IN 2024 THE LOVE SERVE REMEMBER FOUNDATION COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS/OFFERINGS:* THE BE HERE NOW PODCAST NETWORK FEATURED 14 + TEACHERS AND REACHING 1.3 MILLION MONTHLY LISTENERS* THE RAM DASS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ENGAGED OVER 16,000 MEMBERS IN 84 VIRTUAL GATHERINGS ACROSS 220 CITIES.* LAUNCHED RAM DASS'S INNER ACADEMY - A CURATED INTERACTIVE PLATFORM, THAT BRINGS TOGETHER BIANNUAL LIVE COURSES, RETREAT LIVESTREAMS, AND OVER 100 HOURS OF TEACHINGS.* IN-PERSON EVENTS AND RETREATS: 1. HELD THE THIRD RAM DASS LEGACY RETREAT IN BOONE, NC. O WAS STREAMED THROUGH FREE ONLINE ACCESS 2. HELD THE RAM DASS LEGACY RETREAT OPEN YOUR HEART IN PARADISE RETREAT INDECEMBER 2024 IN MAUI. O ALSO LIVE-STREAMED THE FULL EVENT FOR FREE ONLINEON-LINE COURSES: 1. HOSTED A 10-DAY ONLINE COURSE "CENTERED IN THE STORM" 2. HOSTED A 4-WEEK ONLINE COURSE "REIMAGINED: LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF RAM DASS"MUSIC AND BOOKS: 1. RELEASED THE BOOK DYING TO KNOW 2. SUPPORTED NEW MUSIC RELEASES BY THE ARTISTS PAPADOSIO, BORETA, AND EAST FOREST	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,580,830	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	58	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MITCHELL MARKUS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3109029466	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	226 W OJAI AVENUE STE 101 531	AddressLine1Txt
City	OJAI	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93023	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
MITCHELL MARKUS
PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECT	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$165,000	$0	$0
JARED LEVY
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL SINGER ESQ
DIRECTOR TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MIRABAI BUSH
BOARD CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RAMESHWAR DAS
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MIRABAI STARR
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHANY WEINGERTZ
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NINA RAO
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$11,500	$0	$0
RAJNEESH AGARWAL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DANIELLE KRETTEK COBB
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RACHEL D LITE-FISHER
WEB CONTENT & DEVELOPMENT	40.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
KELLY P REGO
NETWORK / MARKETING DIRECT	40.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JANE SUNANDA MARKUS
FINANCE DIRECTOR	40.00			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$176,500	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$456,039	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$456,039	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
RETREAT/EVENT INCOME	900099	$1,377,350	$1,377,350
PUBLISHING AND EBOOK	900099	$587,694	$587,694

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,965,044	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$30,250	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$30,250	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$30,250	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$30,250	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$381,614	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$157,605	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$224,009	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$224,009	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,675,342	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,219,303	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$650,126	TotalAmt
Program Services	$491,869	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$97,916	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,341	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,482	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,786	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,712	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,984	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,576	TotalAmt
Program Services	$39,777	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,919	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,880	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,850	TotalAmt
Management And General	$19,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$242,167	TotalAmt
Program Services	$234,675	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,492	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,628	TotalAmt
Program Services	$113,543	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$10,085	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,291	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,291	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$209,298	TotalAmt
Program Services	$209,298	ProgramServicesAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$539	TotalAmt
Program Services	$539	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$80,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,782	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,782	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,625	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,625	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,145	TotalAmt
Program Services	$771	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,279	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$95	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
RETREAT EXPENSE	$1,137,952	$1,137,952
WEBSTORE	$103,726	$103,726
BE HERE NOW NETWORK	$69,009	$69,009
PUBLISHING COST	$38,994	$38,994

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,612	TotalAmt
Program Services	$66,266	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$346	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,924,302	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,580,830	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$262,087	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$81,385	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$172,509	BOYAmt
EOY	$176,774	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$570,954	BOYAmt
EOY	$376,064	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$33,922	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,796	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$113,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$88,346	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,866	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,925	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$34,319	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$16,814	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,172	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,505	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,804	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,076	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$950,188	BOYAmt
EOY	$774,486	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$99,951	BOYAmt
EOY	$80,283	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,333	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,583	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$125,284	BOYAmt
EOY	$114,866	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$824,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$659,620	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$824,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$659,620	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$950,188	BOYAmt
EOY	$774,486	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$248,960	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$83,676	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,424,636	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$741,387	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$625,213	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$478,490	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$456,039	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,725,765	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$656,790	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,428,547	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,079,426	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,429,458	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,376,908	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,971,129	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,081,426	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,169,934	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,704,639	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,907,948	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,832,947	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,696,894	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,000,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,000,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$11,696,894	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$183,825	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$247,404	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,559	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$107,826	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$83,676	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$637,290	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$183,825	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$247,404	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$14,559	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$107,826	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$83,676	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$637,290	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$68,156	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$68,156	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,333,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,417,338	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,719,198	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,015,774	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,916,623	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$13,402,340	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.87280	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.87170	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.04760	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.04310	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$34,319	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$16,814	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,505	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$17,505	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
SECURITY DEPOSITS	$17,257
OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS	$34,819

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$52,076	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,759,018	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$83,676	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$83,676	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,675,342	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,675,342	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,924,302	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,924,302	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,924,302	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED AS A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE IRS AS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) AND CALIFORNIA CODE SECTION 2370LD, QUALIFIES FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION UNDER IRC SECTIONS L70(B)(1)(A)(VI) AND (VIII), AND HAS BEEN DETERMINED NOT TO BE PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS UNDER IRC SECTIONS 509(A)(1) AND (3). THE FOUNDATION IS ANNUALLY REQUIRED TO FILE A RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FORM INCOME TAX (FORM 990) WITH THE IRS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION IS SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX ON NET INCOME THAT IS DERIVED FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UNRELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES. WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE FOUNDATION IS NOT SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX AND HAVE NOT FILED AN EXEMPT ORGANIZATION BUSINESS INCOME TAX RETURN (FORM 990-T) WITH THE IRS. THE FOUNDATION'S INCOME TAX FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE NOT AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS. THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT IT IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATIONS FOR THE YEARS PRIOR TO 2017.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NEEM KAROLI BABA ASHRAM	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	416 GERONIMO LANE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TAOS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NM	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	87571	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	850331037	RecipientEIN
Cash Grant	$19,000	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of Grant	TO SUPPORT ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
MITCHELL MARKUS
PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECT	$165,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$165,000	$0	$0	$0
RACHEL D LITE-FISHER
WEB CONTENT & DEVELOPMENT	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0			$0	$0
KELLY P REGO
NETWORK / MARKETING DIRECT	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0			$0	$0
JANE SUNANDA MARKUS
FINANCE DIRECTOR	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0			$0	$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS GIVEN TO EACH BOARD MEMBER FOR REVIEW. A MEETING IS HELD VIA TELEPHONE CONFERENCE TO APPROVE THE 990. A BOARD RESOLUTION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD INDICATING THAT THE 990 WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED. THE FORM 990 IS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND MAILED FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS'S OFFICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANNUALLY THE BOARD REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE DISCUSSED DURING THIS BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IS DONE WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S RECUSAL AND ABSENCE FROM THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AND POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.