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The Mahatma Gandhi International Foundation honored Werner Erhard with the Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award, citing “…your notable effort to end the starvation and hunger suffered by millions throughout the world and for drawing broad public awareness to the value of integrity in our everyday lives."

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The Gandhi Memorial International Foundation is a controversial non-profit organization run by Yogesh K. Gandhi, originally born Yogesh Kothari[1], who claims to be related to Mahatma Gandhi[2]. However, an immediate descendant of Mahatma Gandhi, publicly stated that Yogesh K. Gandhi is a "scam artist", and "interested primarily in enriching himself."[1] Yogesh Gandhi described the organization as dedicated to "social betterment through nonviolence."[3]

The organization's business dealings were investigated by the United States Senate, in March 1998[1]. Mother Jones referred to the organization as: "a shadowy non-profit enterprise devoted in principle to 'promoting the philosophy of non-violence'."[4] On March 8, 1999, Yogesh Gandhi was charged by the United States Department of Justice with "tax evasion, mail and wire fraud and perjury", for dealings related to the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation[5]. He had previously been indicted by the Justice Department's Campaign Financing Task Force in August 1998[5]. In 1999, Yogesh Gandhi entered a guilty plea to the charges of mail fraud, tax evasion and violating federal election law over his contributions involving the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation and the Democratic National Committee in 1996[6].

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Too bad that "award" to Werner Erhard came from a bogus Foundation whose founder went to jail after being investigated by the U.S. Senate and the Department of Justice........