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Hawaii Vipassana Association

Hawaii Vipassana Association (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being Holder Family Foundation Holder Family Trust ($4,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$140k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$100k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Hawaii Vipassana Association does

Mission

The promotion of the teaching and practice of Vipassana (insight) meditation according to the tradition of Theravada Buddhism as taught by Sayagi U Ba Khin and S.N. Goenka.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The technique of Vipassana Meditation was taught at four, 10-day courses, serving approximately 400 participants. The basics of the method were taught, and practiced sufficiently to experience its beneficial results. There are no charges for the courses ? not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation.

    $44,722 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $44,722.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of Hawaii Vipassana Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

Hawaii Vipassana Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 1 state in all.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hawaii Vipassana Association runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin67% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Hawaii

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hawaii Vipassana Association?
Hawaii Vipassana Association (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being Holder Family Foundation Holder Family Trust ($4,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hawaii Vipassana Association have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,000 in grants to Hawaii Vipassana Association.
Who is the largest funder of Hawaii Vipassana Association?
Holder Family Foundation Holder Family Trust is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hawaii Vipassana Association find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing