Established on
February 1, 1972 by Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D., Master of
Kundalini Yoga, the Kundalini Research Institute is
entrusted with The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan. KRI, a
non-profit corporation, safeguards the purity,
integrity, and accuracy of the Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
by:
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Developing 3 levels of International Yoga Teacher Certification
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Preserving the teachings legacy for the
future online Library of the Teachings
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Awarding the KRI Seal of Approval to
products that successfully meet the standards of KRI Review
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Providing services and resources for Kundalini Yoga students and teachers via online services and upgraded Yogi Bhajan Products
Kundalini Yoga, the Yoga of Awareness, was brought to
the West by Yogi Bhajan in 1968. Yogi Bhajan taught
that, through the practice of Kundalini Yoga and
meditation, your glandular and nervous systems are
stimulated, and your capacity for creative potential is
heightened. You gain inner vitality to compensate for
the adverse effects of stress so you can excel in life.
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Kundalini yoga classes are a dynamic blend of postures, pranayam, mantra, music and meditation, which teach you
the art of relaxation, self-healing and elevation.
Balancing body and mind enables you to experience the
clarity and beauty of your soul. No previous experience
in yoga is required for you to achieve results with your
very first class.
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Men of great knowledge
actually found out about the chakras –their workings,
their petals, their sounds, their infinity, their
co-relationship, their powers.
They found that the life of a human is totally based on
these chakras. This total science gave birth to Kundalini Yoga.
-Yogi Bhajan, The Aquarian Teacher |
KRI Finance Report for 2009
The Kundalini Research Institute,
entrusted with preserving and spreading The Teachings of
Yogi Bhajan since 1971, fulfills that trust in three
primary ways: The Aquarian Academy, which trains and
certifies teachers and trainers all around the world;
The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings, the living archive
of Yogi Bhajan’s entire catalogue of teachings on
Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, health and nutrition,
humanology and more; and KRIs products and services,
which provide resources for students, teachers and
trainers all around the globe through our website,
books, yoga manuals and DVDs.We are accomplishing these
goals with very limited resources: 13 Full-Time Staff
and 5 Seasonal Contractors, along with a handful of
trusted outside vendors.
Like most other nonprofit organizations, we depend on
you! Donations and grants provide the resources we need
to move forward. As a business, we make every effort to
have our products and events pay for themselves. But
much of the work we do here at KRI has no such business
model to depend on—the success of that work depends on
you. Your donations make the work of The Yogi Bhajan
Library of Teachings possible. We thank you for your
support in 2009 and your ongoing support in 2010. With
your generous support, our bottom line increased this
year and we will put that money to good use in the
Library of Teachings preservation project. We will
continue to serve you by providing the resources and
services you need to take these teachings out into the
world and more deeply into your own lives.
Please review the
Financial Summary for 2009
and feel free to
contact us
with any questions
Library of Teachings 2009
Donor Report
In 2009, The Yogi Bhajan Library of
Teachings entered its second full year of fundraising
and the work of the archive began in earnest. Because of
your donations in 2009, we have been able to double the
amount of video assets entering the archival process in
2010 from 50 to 100, each and every month. Beginning
about a year ago, we began archiving, on average, 100
audio and 50 video assets per month; that is just over
900 audio assets and 450 video assets in 2009. With
more than 6000 total assets, we still have a long way to
go toward a completed archive of the Teachings of Yogi
Bhajan. But we’ve made great progress thanks to you!
We don’t use many traditional fund
raising techniques; that is, we don’t inundate you with
paper. Instead, we have focused our efforts via e-mail
campaigns, a few phone calls, and online gifts. Because
of our nontraditional fund raising efforts, we’ve been
able to steward your gifts directly to where they are
needed—the archive. Total expenses, and overhead related
to the archives, amount to less than 15% of the overall
archive budget. So you can be assured that your
donation, no matter how big or small, goes directly to
the archival work.
Transparency is a virtue and a value of
the Aquarian Age, so in an effort to let you know our
progress and to have the work of the archive set the
standard, we’ve included a summary of our 2009 budget
and expenses related to The Yogi Bhajan Library of
Teachings.
Thank you for your generosity in 2009—it
made all the difference! We continue to need your
support. Become a subscribing donor today—or let a
friend know why you donate to The Yogi Bhajan Library of
Teachings—keeping the legacy alive!
Income
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Donations: Corporate ($326,551) and
Individuals ($108,000) |
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$434,551.00 |
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Expenses |
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Digitization and Preservations of
Original Audio and Video Tapes |
$178,301.00 |
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Digitization of Tapes (Committed funds to
be used in 2010) |
$74,034.00 |
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Transcription and Verification of
lectures (in India) |
$88,233.00 |
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Librarian Salary |
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$34,581.00 |
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Rent for Climate Controlled Storage for
Archives |
$23,303.00 |
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Photograph and Slide Digitization and
Preservation |
$19,923.00 |
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Overhead expenses (Telephone, postage and
IT) |
$9,040.00 |
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Archival Preservation of Yogi Bhajan
Letters to Students |
$5,673.00 |
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Fundraising Expenses |
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$1,463.00 |
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Total Expenses |
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$434,551.00 |
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