2025-11-17T12:48:43-05:00 2024-12-31 FRITH-SMITH & ARCHIBALD LLP 6355 TOPANGA CANYON BLVDSTE 400 WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367 990 2024-01-01 463205733 Raam Raj Foundation % ELAINE POMFREY RAAM 6419199552 PO Box 2092 Fairfield IA 52556 ELAINE POMFREY SECRETARY 6176222260 2025-11-14 true true MARIA KAZEMI CPA P01345320 8187741500 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z HOWARD CHANDLER PO Box 2092 Fairfield IA 52556 7312779 false X N/A X 2013 IA TO ENLIVEN THE VEDIC TRADITION OF KNOWLEDGE, THE SCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, TO BRING LIFE IN TUNE WITH NATURAL LAW. 4 4 4 6 0 2580268 3588194 1520507 1072122 71212 161456 116101 138012 4288088 4959784 840110 1353295 0 0 286187 212953 0 0 122114 3093978 4043785 4220275 5610033 67813 -650249 3417422 2676473 255210 376959 3162212 2299514 TO ENGAGE IN ALL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT DISSEMINATE AND SUPPORT THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION OF MAHARISHI VEDIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO FULLY DEVELOP LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, NATIONAL AND WORLD LEVEL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CREATING WORLD PEACE. false false 1296466 Advanced Maharishi Vedic Science course or AMVSC is a course that covers the 40 aspects of the Veda and Vedic Literature exploring how all the laws of nature together create the human reality and the universe, and how Veda and the Vedic literature in their structure and function embody and express this reality. 3892176 1353295 Activities that disseminate and support the understanding and application of Maharishi's Vedic Science and Technology. 5188642 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false true true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 34 0 true 4 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false X ELAINE POMFREY 6419199552 44 COCOANUT ROW T14 PALM BEACH FL 33480 ELAINE POMFREY SECRETARY 40.0 0.0 X 84000 0 0 YOUSSEF MOUNAYER DIRECTOR 6.0 0.0 X 36000 0 0 RICHARD BOYLAND CTO & director 10.0 0.0 X X 15360 0 0 HOWARD M CHANDLER TREASURER & DIRECTOR 10.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 RAFAEL DAVID PRESIDENT & director 6.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 135360 0 0 0 false false false 0 3588194 580110 3588194 PROGRAM SERVICE 900099 1072122 1072122 1072122 75522 75522 0 45789 45789 0 0 0 2438929 2352995 85934 85934 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OTHER INCOME 26 26 BOOK SALES 92197 92197 92223 4959784 1164345 121311 849040 849040 0 504255 504255 0 135360 134758 602 0 54846 54602 244 0 0 22747 17077 5670 0 2500 2500 18000 18000 0 0 0 395445 391995 3450 908923 855635 53288 270663 73456 197207 56814 45451 11363 0 10923 3031 7892 0 0 2252532 2183706 68826 3908 3908 0 73136 73136 49760 49760 AUTOMOBILE EXPENSE 1181 1181 5610033 5188642 299277 122114 438220 404196 10764 83795 0 0 0 70688 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24456 29817 1473899 510529 1030312 963370 1661476 1053607 225000 50000 0 0 6194 0 21000 21000 3417422 2676473 151105 196286 0 0 3650 180673 0 0 0 0 0 0 100455 0 0 0 0 0 255210 376959 X 3162212 2299514 0 0 3162212 2299514 3417422 2676473 -650249 -220182 7733 X false true X true false X 1107202 2143023 2526881 2580268 3588194 11945568 0 0 1107202 2143023 2526881 2580268 3588194 11945568 783066 11162502 267730 307206 339506 187313 207245 1309000 0 4265 15438 92223 111926 13366494 5344413 0.83511 0.82027 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 131234 131234 1144731 388819 755912 32211 2120 30091 163496 118366 45130 2227 1224 1003 963370 0 0 X 4739602 -220182 -220182 4959784 4959784 5610033 5610033 5610033 FORM 990, SCHEDULE D, PART XIII, FIN 48 Since the Organization is exempt from federal and state income tax liability, no provision is made for current or deferred income taxes. The Organization uses the same accounting methods for tax and financial reporting. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles provides accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an entity in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. The Organization's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years after they are filed, respectively. true South Asia SUPPORT 128435 wire cash Middle East and North Africa SUPPORT 10000 wire cash Sub-Saharan Africa Scholarships for courses 19371 wire Cash Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Promoting teaching of Vedic Education and activities related to the schools and universities in Latin America and in India. 15000 wire Cash Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Support 39992 wire Cash Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) SUPPORT 291457 wire CASH 6 false false false false false false FORM 990, SCHEDULE F, PART I LINE 2 DESCRIBE PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES: RAAM RAJ FOUNDATION ASKS FOR A GRANT REQUEST FROM THE FOREIGN ENTITIES THAT INCLUDES ORGANIZING DOCUMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT REQUEST IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. 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THE BOARD REVIEWS THE REQUESTS IN LIGHT OF THE OTHER REQUESTS MADE FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. X 1 2454 FMV X 9 577656 FMV false true false FORM 990 PART VI SECTION A LINE 2 Did any officer, trustee, or key employee have a family relationship or a business relationship with any other officer, director, or key employee? Board Member Richard Boyland and Officer Elaine Pomfrey are siblings. FORM 990 PART VI SECTION B 11B DESCRIBE THE PROCESS USED TO REVIEW THE FORM 990: THE GOVERNING BODY WILL MEET AND REVIEW THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990 PART VI SECTION B LINE 12C Please describe how the organization annually monitors compliance with their conflict of interest policy: A conflict of interest policy has been established and the board reviews it on an annual basis. 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