Bay Area Vipassana Center

Analysis

Bay Area Vipassana Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Sunnyvale, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bay Area Vipassana Center reported income of $163k and spending of $83k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $302k to $163k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bay Area Vipassana Center sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Out of the Boat Ministries Inc ($163k), Koinonia Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania ($163k) and Movement Day Greater Dallas ($163k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 8.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.4m.