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Chopra Foundation
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 364793898 · Form 990 · FY2023 · NTEE E80 · Health Care · Medium ($1M-$10M) · choprafoundation.org
revenue
$1.3M
expenses
$1.7M
net assets
$215K
employees
4
volunteers
6
program ratio
44%
mission · from form 990

DEDICATED TO IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELL BEING, CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS, AND PROMOTING WORLD PEACE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.

profile · synthesized from sources

The Chopra Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health and well-being, expanding consciousness, and promoting world peace through mind-body practices and mental health initiatives. It advances these goals via research, educational programs, and global summits focused on mental well-being, yoga, and consciousness. The foundation operates primarily through digital platforms and collaborative alliances with organizations in wellness, science, and policy.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2023

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $0
    NERVERALONE: MENTAL WELLBEING & SUICIDE PREVENTION: NEVER ALONE IS A PROGRAM AND MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO INCUBATING A NEW VISION FOR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE SEEKING SUPPORT. THE NEVER ALONE ALLIANCE REPRESENTS A COLLABORATION OF BUSINESSES, POLICYMAKERS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, WELLNESS INITIATIVES, SCIENTISTS, SCHOOLS, AND MORE. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WORK WITH POLICY-MAKERS AND CREATE A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM TO DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. NEVERALONE OFFERS ONLINE MENTAL WELL-BEING PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPS AN OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR DEMOCRATIZING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING GLOBALLY. THE INITIATIVE HAS ALSO CURATED THE ANNUAL NEVERALONE SUMMIT, A GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT. IN THE LANDSCAPE OF EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH, OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL WELLBEING INITIATIVE FOSTERS POSITIVE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, NOT JUST WITHIN CLASSROOM WALLS, BUT EXTENDING TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY CONTEXT. ROOTED IN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, OUR PROGRAM DOESN'T JUST ENGAGE; IT RESONATES DEEPLY, OFFERING PRACTICAL TOOLS THAT ARE DEMONSTRATED TO MOLD STUDENTS INTO RESILIENT INDIVIDUALS AND FUTURE TORCHBEARERS OF LEADERSHIP.
named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Never Alone
Global mental well-being and suicide prevention initiative offering online programs, fostering a collaborative alliance across wellness, science, and policy sectors, and hosting an annual global summit to advance mental health awareness and research.
School Wellbeing Initiative
Evidence-based program promoting mental and emotional health among students and extending into community contexts through practical tools for resilience and leadership development.
activities · 7 groups

What they do

  • Mental Health Education and Awareness 3 activities
    • Advocates for mental health policy reform
      Engages in advocacy efforts by collaborating with policymakers to advance mental health initiatives and improve systemic support.
    • Hosts the annual NeverAlone Summit on mental health
      Curates and hosts the annual NeverAlone Summit, a global event focused on mental health awareness and connection.
    • Provides online mental well-being programs and open-source technology
      Offers digital mental well-being programs and develops an open-source technology platform to expand global access to mental health resources.
  • Spiritual Development & Meditation Programs 2 activities
    • Organizes mindfulness-focused expeditions
      Organizes experiential expeditions, such as a mindfulness-focused trip to Antarctica featuring workshops, speaker sessions, and meditation activities led by Deepak Chopra.
    • Teaches meditation to incarcerated individuals
      Offers meditation programs to prisoners to foster awareness, inner peace, and emotional resilience.
  • Biomedical Research and Innovation 1 activity
    • Conducts scientific research on mind-body practices and health
      Conducts and initiates scientific research on the effects of meditation, yoga, and other mind-body practices on health and wellbeing, including studies linking these practices to reduced inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk.
  • Training and Capacity Building for Trauma-Informed Student Support 1 activity
    • Implements school-based wellbeing initiatives
      Runs a comprehensive school wellbeing initiative designed to foster positive mental and emotional health among students and within the broader school community.
  • Perinatal Support Services 1 activity
    • Offers prenatal support to low-income women and teens
      Provides comprehensive prenatal support to low-income women and teenagers to promote full-term births and healthy birth weights.
  • Healthcare Education Scholarships and Fellowships 1 activity
    • Offers scholarships for training in Ayurveda and mind-body practices
      Provides scholarships to selected healers to attend educational programs in Ayurveda, mind-body practices, and spirituality.
  • Youth Health and Wellness Education 1 activity
    • Provides youth mentorship and empowerment programs
      Delivers teaching and resources in music, art, meditation, and mind-body practices to at-risk children to support empowerment and wellbeing.
financials · form 990 · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$1.27M
Contributions & grants$706K56%
Program service revenue$65K5%
Investment income$496K39%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$1.74M
Program expenses44%
Admin / overhead50%
Fundraising6%
Salaries & benefits$451K
Grants paid out$2K
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$632K
Cash$246K
Investments$200K
Liabilities$418K
Net assets$215K
Liquid reserves3.1 mo
5 years on record · 2019–2023 · YoY revenue -53.7%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023

Who runs it

paid leadership · 2
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
POONACHA MACHAIAH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40 $200K
MICHAEL MCCARTHY CFO 40 $6K
board members · 6
  • Ajay K Gupta — Director
  • DEEPAK CHOPRA MD — Board chairman, director
  • David Lubotta — Director
  • Francois Ferre — Director
  • Huda Al Ghoson — Director
  • Paul Johnson — Treasurer, Secretary, Director
relationships · 9

Who they work with

  • Chopra Foundation Network — Member of its own network as a 501(c)(3) organization advancing mind-body spiritual healing.
  • Chopra Foundation Partner — Organization promoting global health, awareness, love, and peace through individual and community transformation.
  • Gallup Organization Partner — Research affiliate where Deepak Chopra serves as senior scientist
  • Insider Expeditions Partner — Collaborates with Insider Expeditions to co-host a mindfulness-focused voyage to Antarctica.
  • Marion Public Relations Partner — Handles media and press inquiries for the Chopra Foundation.
  • Never Alone Alliance Partner — Collaboration of businesses, policymakers, mental health professionals, wellness initiatives, scientists, and schools working with the Chopra Foundation on mental health initiatives.
  • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Partner — Professional medical institution where Deepak Chopra holds an honorary fellowship
  • University of California, San Diego Partner — Academic affiliate where Deepak Chopra serves as Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health
  • Vivekananda Yoga University Partner — Collaborates on research related to yoga and pain as a mind-body complex system
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Inner Transformation as Foundation for Global Change
    methodology: inner-transformation-first
    By fostering personal transformation through self-compassion, self-awareness, and self-love, we create the conditions for global peace and health, because lasting societal change begins with individual consciousness.
  • Integrative Mind-Body Approach to Healing
    methodology: mind-body complex system
    By combining physical postures, breathwork, meditation, and behavioral practices within a complex adaptive system, we influence pain responses and promote healing, because multimodal interventions address the interconnected nature of mind and body.
  • Love-In-Action as Healing Practice
    methodology: love-in-action
    Through authentic, full-presence listening, we promote emotional and psychological healing, because deep attention creates a felt sense of being seen and valued, which is inherently restorative.
  • Mind-Body Research Integration
    methodology: mind-body research integration
    By scientifically validating mind-body practices, we advance health and wellbeing and drive systemic change, because credibility through research enables broader adoption and institutional integration.
  • Technology-Enabled Democratization of Well-Being
    methodology: technology-driven democratization
    By developing open-source technology and online platforms, we democratize access to mental health and well-being resources globally, because scalable digital tools can overcome geographic and economic barriers to access.