2024-02-11T20:23:51-08:00 2023-03-31 Shannon LeDuc Tax Service & Bookkeeping PO BOX 1571 Mariposa CA 95338 990 2022-04-01 943179600 MEHERANA MEHE PO BOX 1997 Mariposa CA 95338 THERESE WILLIAMS PRESIDENT 2023-08-14 false THERESE WILLIAMS XXX-XX-XXXX Shannon LeDuc P01876188 2097427144 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Therese Williams 3962 Deer Springs Rd Mariposa CA 95338 125309 false X X Meherana is a universal center for spiritual renewal dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba and His principles of active love and service to both the Meher Baba community and all 7 7 0 0 0 76187 81588 18263 32992 3016 5444 312 706 97778 120730 11558 903 0 0 0 1384 85002 119791 96560 120694 1218 36 1362842 1365689 1593 9879 1361249 1355810 Merherana is an universal center for spiritual renewal dedicated to Avatar Meher Baba and His principles of active love and service to both the Meher Baba community and all humanity. It is intended for the enhancement and strengthening of the spiritual life, without supplanting professed religious convictions or beliefs. The center is to be made available for Sahavas, meetings and retreats, both group and individual and for the development and support of service projects. false false 12667 15424 Spring Sahava Three day retreat with talks by guest speakers of their life experience with Avatar Meher Baba, devotional songs, prayers, media presentations, workshops, group sharing and dramatic presentations plus children's programs including crafts and other activities. Staff were all volunteers. Expenses were incurred for food, supplies, equipment rental, site preparation and upkeep during the event, advertising and promotion, guest travel and accommodation. The aim of the retreat was to enhance the spiritual life of participants. 6701 6869 600 625 19968 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 true false false false true true true true true false false false false true true true false false false false false false CA X KATHERINE E BROWN 8052526925 PO BOX 1997 Mariposa CA 95338 X THERESE WILLIAMS PRESIDENT DIR OF COMMUNICATIONS 5 5 X X 0 0 0 ELLEN VANALLEN DIR OF FIANANCE SECRETARY 5 5 X X 0 0 0 JIM WILSON DIR OF FUNDRAISING 3 3 X 0 0 0 JYOTI RAJU DIR OF IT 2 2 X 0 0 0 RON GREENSTEIN VICE PRESIDENT 2 2 X 0 0 0 RALPH BROWN DIR OF PILGRAM PROGRAMS SITE COMMITTEE LIAISON 6 6 X 0 0 0 SUSAN MITCHELL DIR OF MEMBERSHIP 1 1 X 0 0 0 KATHERINE BROWN TREASURER 10 10 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 3380 78208 81588 Avatar Meher Baba Charitable Trst Grnt 813110 5350 5350 IndivRetreat, Sm Group, Meetings 813110 625 625 Spring Sahavas Online Retreat 813110 15424 15424 NL Sahavas 813110 10690 10690 Alliance for Community Transformation 624210 903 903 32992 5444 5444 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5285 4579 706 706 0 120730 33698 0 5444 903 903 1115 0 278 837 2656 0 2633 23 2482 0 2358 13 0 0 0 0 51874 2933 48430 511 949 0 949 0 0 0 0 0 19139 19139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37730 37730 3846 0 3846 0 0 0 0 0 120694 22975 96224 1384 4514 2443 28797 50705 1289 682 18346 24559 1331107 271893 1096944 1059214 196075 211209 16877 16877 1362842 1365689 962 8879 631 1000 1593 9879 X 1332705 1321870 1361249 1355810 1362842 1365689 36 -5475 X false false false false false X 59784 59464 60137 76187 81588 337160 0 0 59784 59464 60137 76187 81588 337160 337160 4224 4086 2549 3016 5444 19319 0 5935 7911 1884 1398 702 17830 374309 0.90080 0.68320 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false 0 false 21363 20000 609 41972 19948 1000 415 0 0 0 21363 9666 10000 283 0 0 1 19948 4560 5000 106 0 0 0 9666 4560 0 88 0 0 88 4560 0.50570 0.49430 0.00000 false false false 445328 445328 0 529642 107628 422014 259321 106412 152909 96816 57853 38963 0 1059214 0 0 0 0 115256 -5474 -5474 120730 0 120730 0 0 0 0 Form 990 Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Therese Williams, President of Meherana, is married to Paul Williams who is the chair of Meherana's Site Committee. Ralph Brown, Board Director, is married to Katherine Brown, Treasurer. Form 990 Part VI Section A, Line 6 Meherana has two classes of membership: 1) An Associate Member has a sincere interest in Avatar Meher Baba and makes a small monetary donation annually for membership to show support of Meherana's Mission Statement. 2) An Active Member also has a sincere interest in Avatar Meher Baba & shows effort to become and remain informed regarding Meherana's goals, activities, and history as well as contributes service work annually for Meherana. Only Active Members may hold elective office or vote on official business. Both types of membership need to be applied for annually. Form 990 Part VI Section A, Line 7a At Meherana's Annual General Meeting, active members elect the Board of Directors as well as members of the Membership, nominating and site committees Form 990 Part VI Section A, Line 7b At Meherana's Annual General Meeting, active members vote on changes or updates, if any, to Meherana's Master Plan, Official Policies, as well as any changes to Meherana's Bylaws or Articles of Incorporation Form 990 Part VI Section B, Line 11b Meherana's Statement of financial position, Statement of Activities and Statement of Functional Expense are reviewed alongside the 990 and each question or item is gone over line by line. All three financial statements are presented to each Board Member at the end of the fiscal year and interim statements are presented at quarterly Board meetings Form 990 Part VI Section B, Line 12c As Meherana is a small, tight knit group, the Active Members and Board of Directors continually interact with each other being aware of potential ways a conflict of interest might happen From 990 Part VI Section C, Line 18 Tax returns are open to inspection by any Board member al all reasonable times. All documents are open to inspection on the written request of any Active Member at any reasonable time. Requests for inspection by the general public are to be made in writing to the President or Secretary. Meherana's 990 is available on websites such as Charity Navigator and Guidestar Form 990 Part VI Section C Line 19 Governing documents, financial statements, and books of account are open to inspection by any Board Member at all reasonable times. All documents are open to inspection on the written request of any Active Member at any reasonable time. Requests for inspection by the general public are to be made in writing to the President or Secretary. The conflict of Interest Policy is signed by all directors, officers and those on elective committees annually and is available to all Active Members. Current financial statements are passed out at each general business meeting of the Board and at the Annual General Meeting