Washington · Community foundation
Vipassana Community Foundation
Support and grow the teaching and practice of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka globally. VCF's efforts aim to make Vipassana meditation courses more widely available to more people worldwide.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $127k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Vipassana Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $127k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $702k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $56k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $198k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $346k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Vipassana Association Inc | $788,000 | 2 | 80% |
| Intermountain Vipassana Association | $343,929 | 2 | n/a |
| Pariyatti | $122,850 | 2 | 22% |
| Northwest Vipassana Association | $110,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Sayaji U Ba Khin Vipassana Association of Southern California | $90,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Minnesota Vipassana Association | $60,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Northern California Vipassana Center | $52,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Bay Area Vipassana Center | $50,600 | 2 | 2% |
| Illinois Vipassana Association | $34,768 | 2 | 4% |
| Southwest Vipassana Association Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Vipassana Association Inc | $788,000 | 2 | 80% |
| Intermountain Vipassana Association | $343,929 | 2 | n/a |
| Pariyatti | $122,850 | 2 | 22% |
| Northwest Vipassana Association | $110,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Sayaji U Ba Khin Vipassana Association of Southern California | $90,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Minnesota Vipassana Association | $60,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Northern California Vipassana Center | $52,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Bay Area Vipassana Center | $50,600 | 2 | 2% |
| Illinois Vipassana Association | $34,768 | 2 | 4% |
| Southwest Vipassana Association Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sayagyi U Ba Khin Memorial Trust of Massachusetts Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic Vipassana Association | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Vipassana Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sayaji U Ba Khin Vipassana Foundation | $9,400 | 2 | 1% |
| International Vipassana Technology Assoc | $8,000 | 1 | 7% |
Where it is load-bearing
Vipassana Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Vipassana Community Foundation
- How much does Vipassana Community Foundation give?
- Vipassana Community Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $127,000, out of $2,057,830 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vipassana Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (88%), Human Services (8%), Education (4%).
- Who are Vipassana Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rocky Mountain Vipassana Association Inc ($788k), Intermountain Vipassana Association ($344k), Pariyatti ($123k).
- Does Vipassana Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vipassana Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Behappy Living Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Vipassana Community Foundation based?
- Vipassana Community Foundation is based in WA.
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