When giving dana to centers/courses, VCF does its best to follow a simple dana process — while still keeping within required US legal guidelines.

VCF distributes dana to centers based on old student volition. In order for a center to be eligible to receive dana, the center will need to follow a simple three-step dana process. The process is as follows:

STEP 1: DANA form

You are requested to fill out a dana/grant** request form.

Notes: If you are receiving dana from VCF for the first time, then you also need to provide some initial legal documents. VCF also does its best to pre-populate the dana form with any information that we already have on file from you to save you time.

** For US compliance reasons, VCF occasionally needs to use more legal language (such as "grant" versus "dana"). But we do our best to explain this language wherever possible.

STEP 2: VCF REVIEW & Agreement

Once the dana form is completed, we need to have the relevant VCF geographic committee and/or board review and approve the dana (which usually takes a couple of days). With their sign-off, VCF then asks you to electronically sign a simple agreement (which is a U.S. requirement for VCF to be able to give dana internationally). See example HERE.

STEP 3: POST DANA REPORT

Once you have spent the dana (within a few months or a year depending on the dana period requested), we ask for you to write a very brief report on how funds have been spent. This includes a brief description and a few photos. See example HERE.

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Should you have any questions on this process, feel free to reach out to us at grants@vcf.dhamma.org. We are here to be of service and answer any questions as needed!