Publication and distribution of books and media related to Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka and Theravada Buddhism. Pilgrimages and Pali workshops for students of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N Goenka.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
11 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $65K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$99K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$635K
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$627K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$718K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$635K
FY2025▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$589K
FY2021$353K
FY2022$307K
FY2023$539K
FY2024$536K
FY2025$635K
Expenses
$627K
FY2025▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$492K
FY2021$234K
FY2022$220K
FY2023$517K
FY2024$552K
FY2025$627K
Net assets
$718K
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$509K
FY2021$628K
FY2022$703K
FY2023$730K
FY2024$710K
FY2025$718K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2002.

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Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $600K Management & general 4% · $26K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President & Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Distributes Buddhist books and media, and offers meditation pilgrimages and workshops.

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3 programs · $597K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Sales to individuals, libraries, universities, and monasteries of printed and digital materials about Buddhism and Vipassana meditation.

$307Kprogram expense
02

Pilgrimages for students of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka.

$202Kprogram expense
03

Pali language workshops for students of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka.

$87Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$635K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$433K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$174K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Money outPt IX
$627K
Ln 25
Programscol B$600K
Managementcol C$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$718K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$575K
Total assetsLn 16$817K
LiabilitiesLn 26$99K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$174K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$18K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$433K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$635K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$47K
SavingsLn 2$528K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$575K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$817K
LiabilitiesLn 26$99K
Net assetsLn 32$718K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$576K$575K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K$10K
Total assetsLn 16$822K$817K
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K$99K
Net assetsLn 32$710K$718K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$254K$229K$25K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$7K$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$16K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$59$59
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$16K$16K
OccupancyLn 16$20K$20K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$1K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$277K$277K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$25K$25K
Total functional expensesLn 25$627K$600K$26K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $635K$627K$8K$718K 990 PDF
FY2024 $536K$552K−$17K$710K 990 PDF
FY2023 $539K$517K$22K$730K 990 PDF
FY2022 $307K$220K$87K$703K 990 PDF
FY2021 $353K$234K$119K$628K 990 PDF
FY2020 $589K$492K$97K$509K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $634,569 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $173,701$173,828
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $336,891$432,670
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $24,546$27,027
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $456$1,044
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $535,594$634,569
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $200,378$277,195
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $351,819$349,357
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $552,197$626,552
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$16,603$8,017
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $634,569 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,878 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$173,828
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$17,952
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$173,828
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $429,792 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$429,792
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $27,027 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$27,027
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $1,044 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,044
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $460,741 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$634,569
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $626,552 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $229,264 · Management $25,000 · Fundraising $0$254,264
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,354 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,354
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,577 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$15,577
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,090$3,090
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $59$59
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,100$2,100
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,667$2,667
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,807$15,807
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $20,408$20,408
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,151$2,151
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,332$1,332
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $276,837 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$276,837
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $24,906$24,906
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $600,220 · Management $26,332 · Fundraising $0$626,552
Part X · Balance sheet $816,567 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $130,867; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $49,367$47,016
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $526,548$528,021
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,568$1,063
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $81,077$75,418
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $14,331$13,939
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,346$10,195
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$10,048
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $822,104$816,567
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$22,395
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $83,084$68,251
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $28,951$8,203
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $112,035$98,849
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $651,084$675,586
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $58,985$42,132
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $710,069$717,718
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $822,104$816,567
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $717,718 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$634,569
XI-2 Total expenses$626,552
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$8,017
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$710,069
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$368
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$717,718

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