2021-07-14T16:39:23-05:00 2020-12-31 541631262 KEITERSTEPHENSHURSTGARY & SHREAVESPC 4401 DOMINION BLVD GLEN ALLEN VA 23060 990 2020-01-01 770284767 MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE MIND 4343387380 210 RIDGE MCINTIRE ROAD NO 325 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 SUSAN BAUER-WU PRESIDENT 4343387380 2021-07-08 1 SUSAN BAUER-WU 999009999 VIRGINIA R BELCHER P00421964 8047470000 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z SUSAN BAUER-WU 210 RIDGE MCINTIRE ROAD NO 325 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 3290076 0 X WWW.MINDANDLIFE.ORG X 1991 CA BRIDGING SCIENCE AND CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM TO FOSTER INSIGHT AND INSPIRE ACTION TOWARD FLOURISHING. 11 11 23 68 0 0 3340404 2716274 97783 119572 197017 156176 33617 32816 3668821 3024838 693645 712324 0 0 1452985 1639151 0 0 493825 1220297 789380 3366927 3140855 301894 -116017 9160321 8762731 3344315 3062742 5816006 5699989 X BRIDGING SCIENCE AND CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM TO FOSTER INSIGHT AND INSPIRE ACTION TOWARD FLOURISHING. 1 0 299326 65517 RESEARCH INSTITUTES: OUR 17TH ANNUAL SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WAS HELD ONLINE IN JUNE 2020 DUE TO THE COVID19 PANDEMIC AND WAS ENTITLED "CULTIVATING PROSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN: CONTEXTS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES". THE EVENT ITSELF WAS CHARACTERIZED BY DIVERSITY OF PARTICIPANTS, WITH ATTENDEES FROM 23 COUNTRIES ACROSS 6 CONTINENTS, AND 45% OF ATTENDEES IDENTIFYING AS NON-WHITE.182 PARTICIPANTS AND 15 FACULTY WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM. REGISTRATION WAS WAIVED FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS DUE TO THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE PANDEMIC. 334838 143790 CONTEMPLATIVE RESEARCH CONFERENCE: THE MIND & LIFE CONTEMPLATIVE RESEARCH CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER 2020. IT WAS AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE CONFERENCE FEATURING THE LATEST FINDINGS ON THE RESEARCH OF MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, AND OTHER CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES. 709 PARTICIPANTS FROM 42 COUNTRIES AND 6 CONTINENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE WHICH INCLUDED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, PLENARY PANELS AND SYMPOSIUM, NETWORKING ACTIVITIES, PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS, AND CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES AND ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES. PARTICIPANTS ALSO HAD ACCESS TO AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE WHICH INCLUDED THE LIVE PRESENTATIONS WHICH WERE RECORDED AND COULD BE VIEWED FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EVENT. 917582 712324 GRANT PROGRAMS: IN 2020, MIND & LIFE OFFERED 3 GRANT PROGRAMS, AWARDING A TOTAL OF 20 PROJECTS IN 6 COUNTRIES. THE VARELA GRANTS, NAMED FOR CO-FOUNDER FRANCISCO J. VARELA, FUND WIDE-RANGING SCHOLARLY EXAMINATIONS OF CONTEMPLATIVE TECHNIQUES, FROM NEUROSCIENCE TO ANTHROPOLOGY TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. THE PEACE GRANTS SUPPORT RESEARCH THAT PROMOTES POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE WORLD BY EXAMINING WHOLESOME MENTAL QUALITIES SUCH AS PROSOCIALITY, EMPATHY, ALTRUISM, COMPASSION, AND ETHICS (PEACE). MIND & LIFE THINK TANKS GRANTS ARE 2- TO 3-DAY INCUBATOR-TYPE MEETINGS OF A SMALL, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND DIVERSE GROUP OF EXPERTS, FOCUSED ON A MEETING PARTICULAR PROJECT OR PROBLEM WITHIN A CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES. 204491 55000 MIND & LIFE PODCAST: IN 2020 MIND & LIFE LAUNCHED A PODCAST ENTITLED "MIND & LIFE. THIS PODCAST ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT ARISE THROUGH BRIDGING SCIENCE AND CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM. CONVERSATIONS ON THE PODCAST INTEGRATE CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACHES WITH VARIED PERSPECTIVES INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, NEUROSCIENCE, RELIGION, ART, AND ACTIVISM. MIND & LIFE'S HOST, WENDY HASENKAMP, INVESTIGATES THESE COMPLEX QUESTIONS WITH LEADING RESEARCHERS, THINKERS, AND ON-THE-GROUND PRACTITIONERS, MOVING US TOWARD A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OURSELVES AND OUR WORLD. THE FIRST SEASON INCLUDED 10 ONE-HOUR LONG EPISODES WITH OVER 60,000 DOWNLOADS. 113253 9913 INSPIRING MINDS: IN 2020, MIND & LIFE LAUNCHED INSPIRING MINDS: AN ONLINE SERIES THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THOUGHT LEADERS AND CONTEMPLATIVES TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE AUDIENCE IN EXPLORING THE ROLE OF THE MIND IN HUMAN FLOURISHING. EACH HEARTFELT CONVERSATION LED BY MIND & LIFE'S HOST, SHANKARI GOLDSTEIN INCLUDES A GUIDED MEDITATION AND ARTISTIC OFFERING, AND INSPIRES PARTICIPANTS WITH A CALL-TO-ACTION TO BE A FORCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE. A RECORDING OF THE LIVE EVENT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO REGISTRANTS AFTER EACH LIVE EVENT. WE HELD 3 CONVERSATIONS WITH OVER 2,000 REGISTRANTS. 428404 133574 OTHER PROGRAMS: IN 2020 WE BEGAN PLANNING TWO NEW DIGITAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL LAUNCH IN 2021 INCLUDING THE SCIENCE & WISDOM OF EMOTIONS SUMMIT, A 4-DAY ONLINE SUMMIT THAT WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE FLOURISHING, AS WELL AS AN ONLINE COURSE THAT WILL UTILIZE CURATED CONTENT FROM THE MIND & LIFE ARCHIVED RECORDINGS OF 30 YEARS OF MIND & LIFE DIALOGUES WITH THE DALAI LAMA. WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE A MORE DIVERSE AUDIENCE IN OUR WORK THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROVIDING OVER 130 SCHOLARSHIPS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND INCREASING REPRESENTATION OF SPEAKERS FROM THE GLOBAL MAJORITY IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS. IN ADDITION, MIND & LIFE DEVELOPED PROGRAMMING IDEAS AND EVENT THEMES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A STEERING COUNCIL COMPRISED OF EIGHT OUTSIDE EXPERTS FROM THE FIELD OF CONTEMPLATIVE RESEARCH AND THREE STAFF MEMBERS. THE COUNCIL ASSESSES TRENDS, TOPICS AND THEMES THAT ARE RELEVANT IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPLATIVE RESEARCH AND STEERS PROGRAMMING THEMES. 746148 198487 2297894 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X THE ORGANIZATION 4343387380 210 RIDGE MCINTIRE ROAD NO 325 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 THUPTEN JINPA LANGRI CHAIR OF BOARD 2.50 X X 40000 0 0 SUSAN BAUER-WU PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 237288 0 32703 OWSLEY BROWN III DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 MARTIN DAVIDSON DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 SONA DIMIDJIAN DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 JACK KORNFIELD DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 BARRY HERSHEY DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 CONNIE KEMMERER DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 AARON STERN DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN JACOBS SECRETARY 2.50 X X 0 0 0 RAYMOND GELLEIN TREASURER 2.50 X X 0 0 0 LISETTE COOPER DIRECTOR 1.25 X 0 0 0 MARGARET GUGGENHEIMER DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT 40.00 X 102187 0 8515 WENDY HASENKAMP SCIENCE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 103961 0 12564 VIVI ROGERS DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS 40.00 X 115046 0 15338 KRISTA WEIH DIRECTOR OF GRANTS & EVENTS 40.00 X 115711 0 21939 714193 0 91059 5 0 1 0 0 226700 2489574 2716274 REGISTRATIONS & FEES 900099 99440 99440 APPLICATION FEES 900099 11385 11385 MARKETING/PROMOTION RE 900099 8747 8747 119572 135909 135909 5911 5911 284953 552 264012 1226 20941 -674 20267 20267 OTHER INCOME 900099 26905 26905 26905 3024838 146477 0 162087 X 712324 712324 294993 212224 34906 47863 1073616 776683 121169 175764 32286 23407 3713 5166 137858 99946 15854 22058 100398 72228 11880 16290 1616 1616 33651 10158 21267 2226 374326 173950 96148 104228 150575 73766 2113 74696 117723 85219 13532 18972 9178 3504 5185 489 32316 23590 3555 5171 7437 5280 967 1190 ADMINISTRATION 44021 14374 9935 19712 PROGRAMS 11241 11241 OTHER FEES 7296 7296 3140855 2297894 349136 493825 1007898 1261583 304228 320940 24 4032 75209 68176 172759 127862 65788 44897 7692817 7048745 14357 14358 9160321 8762731 138381 108631 620898 988779 22656 13281 2562380 1952051 3344315 3062742 X 5130940 4940743 685066 759246 5816006 5699989 9160321 8762731 -116017 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2413617 3424186 4756552 3340404 2716274 16651033 377609 106435 391480 97783 119572 1092879 2791226 3530621 5148032 3438187 2835846 17743912 184353 120004 125050 429407 0 184353 120004 125050 429407 17314505 121389 89427 97187 170370 141820 620193 121389 89427 97187 170370 141820 620193 6201 1321 16842 26905 51269 2912615 3626249 5246540 3625399 3004571 18415374 0.94020 0.94800 0.03370 0.03570 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 172759 127862 44897 44897 CONDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 1952051 1952051 X 2999012 0 2999012 25826 25826 3024838 3115029 0 3115029 25826 25826 3140855 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS FASB GUIDANCE FOR HOW UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, MEASURED, DISCLOSED AND PRESENTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS REQUIRES THE EVALUATION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE COURSE OF PREPARING THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE TAX POSITIONS ARE "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" OF BEING SUSTAINED "WHEN CHALLENGED OR "WHEN EXAMINED" BY THE APPLICABLE TAX AUTHORITY. TAX POSITIONS NOT DEEMED TO THE MEET THE MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT THRESHOLD WOULD BE RECORDED AS A TAX EXPENSE AND LIABILITY IN THE CURRENT YEAR. MANAGEMENT EVALUATED THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX POSITION AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAD TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GUIDANCE. THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER AUDIT BY ANY TAX JURISDICTION. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: GRANT REFUNDS NETTED WITH GRANT EXPENSE ON FS 25,826. PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: GRANT REFUNDS NETTED WITH GRANT EXPENSE ON FS 25,826. 0 RESEARCH GRANTS 20 712324 PART I, LINE 2: GRANT FUNDS ARE ADMINISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS OUTLINED BY THE DONOR. ALL FUNDS ARE DISBURSED WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME PERIOD AND TRACKED THROUGH OUR ACCOUNTING OFFICE. GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ACCOUNT FOR HOW THE FUNDS WERE USED. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SUSAN BAUER-WU PRESIDENT 237288 0 0 0 0 0 15000 0 17703 0 269991 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 SEE SCHEDULE 0 DESCRIPTION FOR PART III LINE 4D, " OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES" FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE FORM 990 AND AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION SIGNS THE RETURN AFTER REVIEW. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ARE REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY COMPLETING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT FORM. NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OR CURRENT MEMBERS WHO IDENTIFY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FILL OUT A FORM. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO REQUIRES AN ANNUAL AFFIRMATION FOR THE POLICY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEVELOPS THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS SEVERAL SOURCES OF DATA TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION WHICH INCLUDES GUIDESTAR AND SURVEYS. THIS REVIEW IS IN WRITING AND IT GOES TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A COMPENSATION SPECIALIST TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G HONORARIUM: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 65,524. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 65,524. OTHERS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 5,830. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 796. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 25,995. TOTAL EXPENSES 32,621. STRATEGY & DIGITAL SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 64,730. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 36,713. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 55,589. TOTAL EXPENSES 157,032. CONTRACT LABOR: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 37,866. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 58,639. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 22,644. TOTAL EXPENSES 119,149.