Valley Insight Meditation Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020529397
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Lebanon, NH, United States
Phone
802-222-6893
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,046
Expenses
$52,557
Assets
$72,381
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Stoner (President, Valley Insight Board of Trustees)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Stoner (President, Valley Insight Board of Trustees)
  • Suzanne McGilvray (Treasurer, Valley Insight Board of Trustees)
  • Joanne Bernard (Treasurer, Valley Insight Board of Trustees)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide opportunities for the practice, study, and teaching of Theravada Buddhism in the Insight (Vipassana) Meditation tradition. Reflections from the Valley Insight Prison Dharma Volunteer Team June 4, 2023 Walking Towards Freedom Together. We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Copyright © 2026 Valley Insight Meditation Society. All rights reserved. []( "Back to top") Menu.

What it reported doing in 2025

Meditation instruction and sangha gatherings (in-person and virtual). These included: meditation sessions 3 evenings/week and one weekday morning; early morning gathering each weekday; day-long meditation retreats; periodic guided nature walks; introduction to mediation class; various dharma study opportunities; Vesak Day (international Buddhist holiday); various monthly discussion groups, including Aging and Engaged Buddhism. Society pays for two guiding teachers administrative work. Attendance for each of these events ranged from 6 to 35 people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66.8%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -50%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.