Illinois Vipassana Association
Overview
Mission
The Illinois vipassana association is one of the numerous centers worldwide dedicated to providing instruction and guidance in the techniques of vipassana meditation.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, the Illinois vipassana association served approximately 844 people by providing instruction in the vipassana meditation tradition as taught by sn goenka in the lineage of sayagyi u ba khin.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364340723
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Website checked
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Pecatonica, IL, USA
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 69
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public governance controls: 0 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 7.44; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $455K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.