The Prem Rawat Foundation
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| Abbreviation | TPRF |
| Formation | 2001 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Headquarters | California, United States |
| Official languages | English, Italian, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish |
| Director | Linda H. Pascotto [1] |
| Key people | Stephen Sordoni, Vice President Scott Mazo, Treasurer |
| Budget | $2,046,828 (2005) [2] |
| Staff | 0 [2] |
| Website | http://tprf.org/ |
The Prem Rawat Foundation[3] is a 501(c)3 public charitable organization.[2]registered in California, U.S. It is dedicated to promoting and disseminating the lectures, speeches, art, music, humanitarian efforts, and public forums of Prem Rawat, known also as "Maharaji", and publishes a wide range of communication materials to present his message to people around the world. This message, according to the Foundation's publications, is one of peace and personal fulfillment,[4] and is made available in more than 88 countries and in 70 languages. TPRF is entirely supported by voluntary contributions and the sale of related materials. In 2007, the Foundation was evaluated by the Better Business Bureau using twenty criteria for assessing the accountability of a non profit organization. Following this evaluation, the Foundation was accepted into the "Wise Giving Alliance" of the Better Business Bureau, whose membership is reserved for organizations that have met the BBB's standards of management accountability.[5]
According to its website, the Foundation spearheads or supports humanitarian initiatives. It regularly holds free medical clinics in India and, in 2005, made contributions to the United Nations World Food Programme, allowing it to feed for a month more than 9,000 persons in Indonesia, [6], 6,000 in Pakistan, 2,000 in Niger and 4,500 schoolchildren in Guatemala. Its website declares that it has sponsored a food aid program for schoolchildren in Sri Lanka, and made a donation to the Houston Food Bank which made it possible for the HFB to provide three meals a day to 8,500 victims of Hurricane Katrina for three months. It funds a permanent food-aid facility in Jharkhand, a remote tribal area of India, which serves more than 100 000 hot meals per year. [7]
The Philippine National Red Cross reports a donation by the foundation to assist families affected by the landslides that hit the village of Guinsaugon in Southern Leyte in early February 2006. [8]
Rotary International describes the foundation as being established by Prem Rawat to "to improve the quality of life for the disadvantaged." [9]
[edit] References
- ^ Board of Directors The Prem Rawat Foundation website
- ^ a b c Guidestar Charitable organizations report
- ^ The Prem Rawat Foundation website
- ^ Maharaji on Peace. The Prem Rawat Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ Charity report. BBB Wise Giving Alliance.
- ^ Media Advisory. Friends of the World Food Programme (June 5, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ TPRF’s Food for People Brings Hope to Villagers in India. www.tprf.org. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
- ^ The Prem Rawat Foundation donates to the Red Cross for landslide victims. The Philippine National Red Cross (November 3, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
- ^ Young professionals from 42 countries meet in Malmö to promote international understanding. Rotary International (June 7, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
[edit] External links
- Interview with Linda Pascotto, President of the foundation.
- Charity Report at the Wise Giving Alliance
