The $100 Million Endowment Campaign
The Next
100 Years
Securing the Future of Consciousness-Based EducationSM
Our greatest years are ahead of us.
$100M
Campaign Goal
$10M
6-Month Target
$5M
By June 2026
Make Your Gift Our Story

"The success of Maharishi International University will be measured by its direct and indirect effects on the quality of life everywhere."

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · Original MIU Catalog, 1974
9,000+ Graduates
From 100+ countries
Est. 1971
50+ years of mission
501(c)(3) Nonprofit
All gifts tax-deductible
100% Board Participation
Every trustee committed
9,000+
Graduates
100+
Countries
50+
Years
Photo taken by MIU Trustee Co-Chair - Nat Goldhaber
Maharishi would often walk, drive, or take a boat ride to enjoy the moonlight.
Introduction

A Revolutionary Experiment

For more than fifty years, Maharishi International University has pioneered a distinctive model of higher education, one that provides an outstanding traditional education while systematically cultivating the inner potential of human consciousness.


Students from more than one hundred countries have come to Fairfield because something real was happening here. Through innovative programs, groundbreaking research, and its global community, MIU has brought Consciousness-Based EducationSM to the world.

Seen in this light, MIU has been a revolutionary experiment. Not just in education, but in human civilization.

Over the years, MIU has also been a vital center of peace and harmony. When its coherence-creating group has been sufficiently large, MIU has transformed the quality of life for the country and, on some occasions, for the world.

A Story of Unprecedented Achievement

What Fifty Years Have Produced

Over five decades, we have graduated more than 9,000 students from more than 100 countries.

01
A Living Laboratory
We have demonstrated how our Consciousness-Based approach directly develops students' total potential, increasing creativity, intelligence, health, and character.
02
Innovative Academic Programs
MIU is the first university to offer degrees in Sustainable Living, Consciousness and Human Potential, Ayurveda Wellness, and Enlightenment and Leadership.
03
Groundbreaking Research
Our scientists continue to build our understanding of the benefits of Transcendental Meditation, higher states of consciousness, and the Maharishi Effect.
04
A Campus in Harmony
We have reconstructed our campus, demolishing 43 old buildings and erecting new structures designed in accord with Vastu, architecture in harmony with natural law.
05
International Partnerships
International partnerships have enlarged our enrollment and brought Consciousness-Based EducationSM to schools around the world, extending our mission globally.
06
An Award-Winning School
Our K–12 Maharishi School students have won more awards than any other school in Iowa and have inspired Consciousness-Based schools worldwide.
The Need

And We Built All of This
Without a Significant Endowment

This makes MIU's achievements all the more remarkable. But it also means that for fifty years, MIU has operated without the financial foundation that every great university needs.

Despite its achievements over the past fifty years, MIU has never had that kind of financial foundation. Until now.

Why Endowments Matter

  • Expand access through scholarships and financial aid

  • Attract and retain outstanding faculty

  • Invest in research and innovative academic programs

  • Maintain and improve campus facilities

  • Plan confidently for the long-term future

MIU vs. Peer Colleges in Iowa
CollegeStudentsEndowment
Luther College1,325$214M
Coe College1,200$99M
Simpson College1,125$83M
Wartburg College1,500$78M
Central College1,100$80M
MIU2,100$10M

Imagine what MIU could accomplish with the foundation its peers enjoy.

The Arc of History
THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
PROVED THE IDEA

For more than half a century, MIU has demonstrated that education can systematically develop human consciousness while advancing intellectual excellence and improving social quality of life.

THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS
REQUIRE A PERMANENT FOUNDATION

What began as a bold vision has grown into a pioneering demonstration of a new direction for human civilization. The endowment campaign now underway will ensure this work continues for generations to come.

Why Our Community Gives

Built on What Our Donors Love Most

Our donors know this institution not as a line item, but as a place and a community of people that changed their lives. Two things run genuinely deep.

01
Place
We Take Care
of Our Own

For many years, Utopia Park was a beloved home for members of our community. Over time, the structures aged beyond what could reasonably be reversed — rising costs, growing liability, and increasing discomfort for residents made modernization the most caring path forward. Well before the transition, MIU worked to support residents in finding new housing and keeping the community intact. What comes next honors that spirit: enhanced and expanded campus housing, thoughtfully designed to welcome more students and meditators.

02
People
The Living Heart
of This Institution

Our long-tenured faculty and staff, those who have been here ten, fifteen, twenty-plus years, are the heart of this institution. When donors close their eyes and think of MIU, they see those faces. Ensuring they are honored, supported, and secure is a cornerstone of this campaign.

$1M
Immediate Impact

Of the first $1 million raised, every dollar goes directly to long-tenured faculty and staff. The people who built this place, supported now, while we build something that endures for a century.

Our Positioning in the Age of AI

Developing the Knower

As artificial intelligence reorders what it means to know, to learn, and to work, MIU stands at the center of the most important question of our time.

"In the age of artificial intelligence, who is the knower?"

MIU has been preparing to answer that question for more than fifty years. We are the only institution on earth that teaches not just what to know, but how to be.

The Three Pillars of an MIU Education
Transcendental Meditation
Decades of research. A practice that develops the full potential of the human mind.
Coaching
Every student learns to develop themselves and others. Leadership from the inside out.
The Science of Caring
The most powerful force in human leadership is not strategy. It is caring. MIU is developing continuing education programs in compassionate leadership and the science of caring — No degree required. Just the desire to grow. Offered as continuing education.
Continuing Education

The Science of Caring

MIU is developing continuing education programs in the science of caring — bringing the wisdom of inner development to professionals and lifelong learners worldwide. No degree required. No prerequisites.

Drawing on fifty years of consciousness research, these programs explore compassionate leadership, the science of caring and well-being, and the development of creative intelligence. Modeled on leading programs at Harvard's Division of Continuing Education — grounded in science, accessible to all.

Three Program Areas
Compassionate Leadership
The science of caring, empathy, and purpose-driven decision-making.
The Science of Caring and Well-Being
What cultivates deep caring for oneself, for others, and for the world.
Consciousness and Creative Intelligence
Developing compassion, creativity, and insight from within.

Offered as continuing education. No academic credit or prior coursework required.

The Campaign

What Your Support Makes Possible

We have launched a $100 million endowment campaign to support students, strengthen faculty and programs, and ensure this pioneering work continues to grow for generations to come.

Students
Access for the Next Generation

Endowed scholarships will expand access to MIU's distinctive education for students from around the world committed to personal growth and positive change in society.

Faculty and Knowledge
Honoring Those Who Built This

Endowed faculty positions and research support will strengthen MIU's leadership in consciousness studies and honor the long-tenured faculty who have devoted careers to this mission.

Future Generations
Seeds for the Next Century

Support for Maharishi School will ensure Consciousness-Based EducationSM continues to inspire younger generations. The school that has won more awards than any other in Iowa.

Institutional Strength
A Foundation That Endures

A permanent financial foundation that funds the full infrastructure of a thriving university — campus, digital presence, online growth, and the resources that allow MIU to welcome more students, more meditators, and through them, bring greater coherence to the world.

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Unrestricted and fungible funds raised through passion-driven giving will flow to cover all institutional priorities. Lead with heart, and the resources follow.

Legacy Giving

Your Name. Forever.

The Golden Domes are among the most powerful and spiritual symbols of Maharishi's vision. Donors who give $5,000 and above will be honored on the Golden Dome Recognition Wall, commemorated forever at the most iconic site on campus. Your name. Your legacy. Permanent.

For donors considering a gift of $25,000,000 or more, the opportunity exists to endow one of MIU's two iconic Golden Domes: 

  • The Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge — $25,000,000 (Men's dome)
  • The Bagambhrini Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge — $25,000,000 (Women's dome)
The Golden Domes — Individual Naming Rights
The most significant naming opportunity in MIU's history
$20,000,000+
The Golden Domes — Individual Naming Rights
$10,000,000+
Endowed Chair in Consciousness Studies
$2,500,000+
Endowed Chair in AI and Human Development
$2,500,000+
The Faculty Excellence Fund (Named)
$1,000,000+
Endowed Scholarship (Named, in perpetuity)
$500,000+
Endowed Scholarship (Named, in perpetuity)
$250,000+
Founding Donor Recognition Wall
Every campaign donor honored in perpetuity.
$5,000+
Campaign Gift Table

How $100 Million Gets Raised

The success of this campaign will depend on visionary donors who recognize the importance of securing the future of Consciousness-Based EducationSM.

Gift LevelDonorsProviding
$25,000,0001$25,000,000
$20,000,0001$20,000,000
$10,000,0002$20,000,000
$2,500,0004$10,000,000
$1,000,00010$10,000,000
$500,00010$5,000,000
$250,00020$5,000,000
$100,00010$1,000,000
$50,00040$2,000,000
$25,00040$1,000,000
$10,000100$1,000,000
Total238 donors$100,000,000
How the Campaign Works

Your Gift. Exactly Where It Matters.

This campaign is built in two complementary phases, each essential to the long-term health of MIU.

1
Step 1
Annual Fund Bridge
The first $10 million raised funds six immediate operational priorities: enrollment enhancement, online and digital growth, capital presence, enriched student learning, faculty and staff support, and coherence programs. The first $1 million goes directly to long-tenured faculty and staff.
2
Step 2
Building the Endowment
Gifts above the Annual Fund Bridge build MIU's permanent endowment — growing from $10 million to $100 million. These funds are invested permanently, with returns supporting MIU's mission in perpetuity.
3
Step 3
Your Gift
Gifts directed to any area of this campaign strengthen the whole. Every dollar advances the mission.
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The leadership donors who help establish this endowment will position MIU to fulfill Maharishi's original vision, to create an institution whose influence extends far beyond its campus to the quality of life everywhere, for generations into the future.

Our greatest years are ahead of us. And they begin with you.
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