California · Nonprofit
Zendo Project Inc
Zendo Project Inc (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,193,217 to it, the largest being MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC ($1,050,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $345k
What Zendo Project Inc does
Mission
Zendo Project offers professional harm reduction education to communities and organizations, and provides peer support services at events to help transform difficult psychedelic experiences and other complex emotions into opportunities for learning and growth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Zendo Project Inc. has three core programs:Program 1: Event-Based Harm Reduction ServicesZendo Project provided peer-based psychedelic crisis care at 11 events across 5 states, supporting 473 guests with the assistance of 269 volunteers. Events included major music festivals and conferences such as Psychedelic Science 2025, Burning Man, Phish at Folsom Field, and multiple Red Rocks performances. Through a partnership with Stadium Medical, the organization embedded harm reduction support within existing event medical infrastructure, reducing emergency interventions and improving collaboration between attendees, harm reduction staff, and professional safety teams. This model demonstrates a replicable, cost-effective approach to peer-based crisis care in high-attendance public settings.Program 2: Sitting and Integration Training (SIT)Zendo Project delivered its Sitting and Integration Training (SIT) program to 1,797 students since program launch, with an average participant feedback rating of 8.8 out of 10. The program equips trainees with trauma-attuned, culturally sensitive skills to support individuals navigating non-ordinary states or emotional distress. To expand access, the…
$896,889 spent$433,159 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $896,889.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $144k to $382k (+165%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
70% of Zendo Project Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Tyler Norris
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $628k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Zendo Project Inc’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Zendo Project Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Zendo Project Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 88% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
96% of Zendo Project Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Zendo Project Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Zendo Project Inc
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Zendo Project Inc: 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 Zendo Project Inc?
- Zendo Project Inc (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,193,217 to it, the largest being MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC ($1,050,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Zendo Project Inc have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,193,217 in grants to Zendo Project Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Zendo Project Inc?
- MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,050,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Zendo Project Inc 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 10 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