The Hindu Heritage Endowment was established in 1994 as an instrument to permanently endow Hindu institutions so that no matter what the world's economic condition, they will continue fulfilling their purpose. An HHE endowment can benefit a charity that is dedicated to traditional Hindu principles and practices in any country of the world. A wide variety of activities can be endowed. Examples are: temples, festivals and feedings, orphanages, children's retreat camps, youth education, ashrams and mathas, religious publications, pilgrimage sites, priest training centers, support for pundits, shelters for sadhus, elderly homes, scriptural or philosophical research centers, support of ayurveda and jyotisha or a swami's movement or projects, and institutes for music, art, drama, dance and yoga. Grants are regularly distributed to the beneficiaries to use in furthering their plans and goals. There are over 80 individual funds within HHE, which together exceed $10 million. These funds are professionally overseen by Halbert, Hargrove/Russell LLC of Long Beach, California, respected for their utilization of multi-manager institutional mutual funds engaging over 100 investment managers. Gifts to an HHE fund can be made in several ways, including outright gifts of cash, securities or real estate, a bequest through a will or living trust, life insurance or a gift through a life income plan, such as a charitable remainder trust, gift annuity or pooled income fund.