California · Nonprofit
Light of Zen Institute
Light of Zen Institute (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $541
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $55
What Light of Zen Institute does
Mission
The Light of Zen Institute promotes Zen meditation through classes and workshops teaching individuals to integrate it into daily life to enhance physical health mental wellness and relationships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Recorded guided meditation audio tracks to share Zen meditation to help individuals enhance their physical health mental wellness and interpersonal relationships and teach them how to integrate the practice into their daily lives family school and work.
$300 spent100% of program spendingOffered meditation workshops at community libraries
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $300.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Cheng Yu Chung
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Against its field
Light of Zen Institute runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Light of Zen Institute: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Light of Zen Institute?
- Light of Zen Institute (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Light of Zen Institute have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to Light of Zen Institute.
- Who is the largest funder of Light of Zen Institute?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Light of Zen Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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