By donating/giving dana to the Vipassana Community Foundation, you can help support the growth of new and existing centers throughout the world.
We take all dana/donations to VCF very seriously. Any grants made by the VCF to centers/projects (supported by your dana) are vetted by our active 11-person board comprised of a majority of senior teachers as well as old students with deep nonprofit backgrounds. VCF is classified as a non-profit organization under 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code — registered in the state of Washington. VCF’s Federal Tax Identification Number is 26-3577879. VCF’s official registered address is: 411 Pigeon Springs Road, Onalaska, WA 98570.
You can donate/give dana to the VCF via our website here. Or if you are interested setting up a Donor Advised Fund, donating to one of our existing geographic funds, donating as part of your will/charitable bequest, or making a complex donation of land/securities/crypto currency — please contact our Executive Director: Charmaine Kyle at charmaine.kyle@dhamma.org. You can also dedicate a gift on someone’s behalf.
**See our global funds page for more information on the various geographic/global funds.
OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT CENTERS VIA VCF
In addition to donating via our website, you can also support centers via VCF in the following two ways:
Creating a Facebook fundraiser and/or donating via our Facebook page
Designating your employer matching grants to VCF (we are members of all the main matching programs).
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You will receive a U.S. tax-deductible receipt upon donating. U.S-based individuals can also donate via the PayPal Giving Fund, which doesn’t charge us any fees.