2017-05-15T08:42:29-07:00 2016-06-30 Adam P Cohen CPA LLC 81 South Main St Suite 9 West Hartford CT 061072405 990 2015-07-01 462785140 Copper Beech Institute Inc COPP 8607609750 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford CT 06107 Brandon Nappi Executive Dir. 2017-05-15 true Adam P Cohen P00046319 8605216400 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Brandon Nappi Exec Dir 510877 false false X www.copperbeechinstitute.org X 2013 CT Teaching mindfulness, meditation, and contemplative practices that lead to personal wellness, the health of the earth, and the peace of the entire human family. 13 12 6 50 0 135661 172551 309317 331588 18 -5965 -4268 439013 499889 0 0 36329 61907 0 14746 312325 294874 348654 356781 90359 143108 144417 391171 35165 138811 109252 252360 Teaching mindfulness, meditation, and contemplative practices that lead to personal wellness, the health of the earth, and the peace of the entire human family. false false 259903 331558 Copper Beech Institute applies mindfulness practice to the most challenging issues of our day by offering retreats and trainings to ensure personal well-being, the health of the earth, and the peace of the entire human family. By cultivating the connection between contemplation and compassionate action, Copper Beech Institute strives to awaken us to the fullness of our potential. In the past year, Copper Beech Institute has offered over 75 programs to over 1,000 people from across the country and around the world. We continue to offer free meditation groups each month to develop a vibrant local community of mindfulness practitioners who are cultivating resilience, compassion and equanimity in their personal lives. In the past year, we offered over $35,000 in scholarships and fellowships enabling those in financial need to attend our programs.We expanded our outreach teaching mindfulness among vulnerable members of our community including homeless populations, at-risk adolescents and incarcerated youth and adults. We have developed our own standard Mindfulness-Based Resilience Curriculum, Living Presence, specifically built upon our core values. This Mindfulness-Based Resilience Curriculum provides an experiential course of study and practice to cultivate equanimity, compassion, awareness and healing. Living Presence will both prepare participants for inevitable future stressors and offer ways of responding to past stress and trauma. While Living Presence is designed with vulnerable populations in mind, it is appropriate for all people who seek resilience, awareness, contentment, equanimity and compassion. This Curriculum will also lend itself to the development of a curriculum to train mental health professionals who work directly with clients who are undergoing trauma and stress. We believe that practices promoting resilience and awareness can help heal the brain from the impacts of trauma and build skillful ways of responding to stress and trauma enabling all people to realize their full potential.We feel deeply thankful for the immense growth that Copper Beech is undergoing and the deep impact that our guests are experiencing in their lives. 259903 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 false 6 false false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 13 12 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false X Brandon Nappi Exec Dir 8607609750 303 Tunxis Road West Hartford CT 061073119 X Nancy Murray to 122016 Chair 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Debbie Bradley Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Fr David Cinquegrani Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Terri Laggis Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Malley Vice Chair 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joe Lander Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Linda Albright Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Walsh Secretary/Treas 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Brandon Nappi Executive Dir. 20.00 0.00 X X 17220 0 0 Helen Bet Givargis Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Vamsi Koneru Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Guerrera Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 17220 0 false false false 0 28990 143561 1085 172551 MBSR Course 91083 91083 Other courses and fees 17269 17269 Retreats 227138 227138 Scholarships -19527 -19527 Teaching fees 15625 15625 331588 18 18 0 0 0 0 6720 28990 10988 -4268 -4268 0 0 0 499889 331606 -4268 X 0 0 0 0 17220 1722 13776 1722 0 40832 33197 7119 516 0 0 3855 3134 672 49 0 0 2450 2450 0 0 0 119187 118667 520 66795 31973 31973 2849 0 0 0 2838 2838 4203 4203 0 0 0 0 0 7058 4941 2117 Facillity use and meals 39401 39401 Printing and Publications 15901 7155 7155 1591 Supplies and equipmt - program 13062 9466 3596 Bank and credit card fees 9795 9795 14184 6044 121 8019 356781 259903 82132 14746 144417 351254 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39917 0 0 0 0 0 0 144417 391171 2455 20286 32710 118525 35165 138811 X 109252 252360 109252 252360 144417 391171 143108 X true X false false false X 1000 17700 135661 172551 326912 309317 331558 640875 0 0 0 1000 17700 444978 504109 967787 14750 14750 90955 116745 207700 14750 90955 116745 222450 745337 18 18 0 18 18 0 0 1000 17700 444978 504127 967805 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 509792 9903 9903 499889 499889 366684 9903 9903 356781 356781 Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Special event expenses $9903 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Special event expenses $9903 false Dinner 35710 28990 6720 1085 7000 2903 35710 28990 6720 1085 7000 2903 10988 -4268 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Our CPA prepares the Form 990 after performing the review of our financial statements. The Executive Director and a board member review the Form 990 with the CPA. The Form 990 is circulated to the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The organization provides its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements in accordance with state law.