named programs · 1 · from sources
What they call their work
10-Day Residential Vipassana Course
Intensive silent meditation course taught via audio and video recordings of S.N. Goenka, including meditation for up to ten hours per day, adherence to a code of discipline, and volunteer service by past students
activities · 6 groups
What they do
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Spiritual Development & Meditation Programs 4 activities
- Operate NYC Dhamma House for group meditation and coursesManages the NYC Dhamma House as a non-residential facility for Vipassana meditators, hosting regular group sittings, one-day meditation courses, and special events for returning students. The facility also supports community engagement and alumni activities.
- Organize and conduct residential Vipassana meditation coursesOffers 10-day and 3-day residential Vipassana meditation courses at Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill, NY, where participants stay onsite and follow a structured schedule of meditation, instruction, and group activities. Courses are offered multiple times per year and require full attendance from arrival to completion.
- Support a regional Vipassana meditation communitySupports a local community of approximately 12,000 Vipassana meditators in the New York metropolitan area by providing information on group meditations, advanced courses, volunteer opportunities, donations, and meditation center development.
- Support global meditation center developmentEstablishes and supports the operation of Vipassana meditation centers across six continents, contributing to the expansion of meditation infrastructure and access worldwide.
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SDG Advancement & Global Advocacy 1 activity
- Deliver public addresses promoting meditation and world peaceEngages in public advocacy by delivering speeches at global forums, such as the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit, to promote meditation as a tool for personal and global peace among religious and spiritual leaders.
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Infection Prevention & Control Protocols 1 activity
- Ensure health and safety during residential coursesImplements health protocols including mask-wearing and optional rapid testing for influenza and Covid-19 during residential courses. Requires participants who test positive or become ill to leave the course and return home.
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Language Access Services 1 activity
- Provide multilingual and culturally inclusive meditation supportOffers course materials in approximately 50 languages and provides bilingual courses and multilingual support through Assistant Teachers for Burmese, Russian, Hindi, and African Heritage language groups to ensure accessibility for diverse participants.
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Student and Camp Transportation Services 1 activity
- Provide transportation and meal services for course participantsOrganizes shuttle transportation for participants from NYC Dhamma House, Beacon Metro-North train station, and Parsippany, NJ. Provides a light vegetarian lunch and evening meal to all course participants during residential programs.
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Camp Volunteer Engagement & Facility Stewardship 1 activity
- Support course operations through volunteer staffing and logisticsRelies entirely on trained volunteer staff (servers) for course instruction, management, kitchen operations, and logistical support. Organizes site setup, course launch, Metta Day services, and camp breakdown activities requiring dozens of volunteers per event.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$144K
Contributions & grants$146K102%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$100K
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Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$0
balance sheet
Total assets$239K
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Net assets$237K
4 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +13.7%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 3
- Brian Waniewski — Board member
- Ravi Verma — Board member
- Sara Haimowitz — Board member
relationships · 12
Who they work with
- Dhamma Dharā Partner — Nearest Vipassana center to the New York Metropolitan Area, offering year-round courses.
- Dhamma Dharā Partner — Supported the opening of the NYC Dhamma House in 2012.
- Dhamma Pubbananda Partner — Nearest Vipassana center to the New York Metropolitan Area, offering year-round courses.
- Dhamma Pubbananda Partner — Part of the network of meditation centers that NYVA aims to supplement with a future meditation center.
- Dhamma.org Network — Member organization within the global Dhamma.org network for Vipassana meditation courses.
- Fresh Air Fund Partner — Provides use of Sharpe Reservation for residential meditation courses.
- International Vipassana Network — Member of the global Vipassana meditation network.
- NYC Dhamma House Partner — Provides shuttle pickup location for course participants.
- S.N. Goenka Government — Appointed by S.N. Goenka, who was authorized by Sayagyi U Ba Khin, to continue the Vipassana teaching tradition.
- United Nations Partner — Participated in the Millennium World Peace Summit at the United Nations headquarters, contributing to interfaith dialogue on global peace.
- dhamma.org Network — Member of the global dhamma.org network for Vipassana meditation course coordination and student applications.
- dhamma.org Network — Member of the global dhamma.org network for Vipassana meditation course coordination.
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Donation- and Volunteer-Based Model to Sustain Practice and Teach Generositymethodology: donation_and_volunteer_sustainabilityBy operating entirely on volunteer labor and funding future courses through voluntary donations from past students, the organization sustains its programs and reinforces the ethical principle of giving forward, because this model cultivates gratitude, removes commercialization, and empowers the community to support the practice they have benefited from.
- Inner Peace as Foundation for World Peacemethodology: inner_peace_for_world_peaceBy promoting individual inner peace through Vipassana meditation, the organization contributes to the broader goal of world peace, because societal harmony can only emerge from a critical mass of individuals who have learned to manage their own mental impurities and reactivity.
- Residential Immersion in Silence to Develop Inner Peacemethodology: residential_immersionBy requiring participation in a 10-day residential course conducted in silence and supported by a structured environment, the organization produces profound mental focus and self-awareness, because removing external distractions and daily routines allows sustained introspection and insight.
- Self-Observation as a Universal Method for Ending Sufferingmethodology: non_sectarian_self_observationBy teaching disciplined self-observation of bodily sensations as a scientific, non-sectarian practice, the organization enables individuals to understand the mind-body connection and reduce mental impurities, because direct experiential insight leads to lasting personal transformation regardless of cultural or religious background.
- Staged Meditation Training for Mental Purificationmethodology: staged_meditation_trainingBy guiding participants through a structured progression—beginning with moral discipline and breath-focused attention, then advancing to insight meditation—the organization produces deeper mental focus and self-awareness, because a prepared mind is more capable of benefiting from intensive self-observation.