The Saint Germain Foundation is a religious organization, with a major facility just north of Dunsmuir, California, in the buildings and property of the Shasta Springs retreat, and its headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The doctrines of the organization are based on teachings and wisdom received by Guy Ballard in 1930. Ballard was hiking on the slopes of Mt. Shasta in California, and claimed Saint Germain appeared to him. Ballard published his experiences in a series of books. The organization's philosophies are known as the '"I Am" Activity,' and its members popularly known as "I AM Students"
