MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization
MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE (EIN 77-0284767)
Tax period
2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed
2013-09-30
IRS object ID
201302739349300325
Schema version
2012v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp2013-09-30T13:02:36-05:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2012-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

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EIN061009205EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Blum Shapiro & Company PC CPA'sBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line129 S Main Street PO Box 272000AddressLine1
CityWest HartfordCity
StateCTState
ZIP Code061272000ZIPCode
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Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2012-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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EIN770284767EIN

Name Name

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Business Name Line1MIND & LIFE INSTITUTEBusinessNameLine1
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Name ControlMINDNameControl
Phone4133870710Phone

US Address USAddress

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Address Line14 BAY ROADAddressLine1
CityHADLEYCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code01035ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameARTHUR ZAJONCName
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Phone4133870710Phone
Date Signed2013-09-24DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameMARY KAY CURTISSName
PTINP01551484PTIN
Phone8605614000Phone
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Tax Year2012TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Address ChangeXAddressChange
Name Of Principal Officer PersonARTHUR ZAJONCNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

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Address Line14 BAY ROADAddressLine1
CityHADLEYCity
StateMAState
ZIP Code01035ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts5859540GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web SiteWWW.MINDANDLIFE.ORGWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation1979YearFormation
State Legal DomicileCAStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionPROMOTE AND SUPPORT INVESTIGATION OF THE MIND LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body17NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
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Total Nbr Volunteers10TotalNbrVolunteers
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Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
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Investment Income Current Year442150InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year450230OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year-89036OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Total Revenue Current Year4087783TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year111493GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
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Salaries Etc Prior Year1388186SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year1125190SalariesEtcCurrentYear
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Other Expenses Current Year1254696OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year2439376TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year2791273TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year54419RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY1296510RevenuesLessExpensesCY
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Mission DescriptionPROMOTE/SUPPORT RIGOROUS, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MIND WHICH WILL LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT & DISSEMINATION OF PRACTICES THAT CULTIVATE THE MENTAL QUALITIES OF ATTENTION, EMOTIONAL BALANCE, KINDNESS, COMPASSION, CONFIDENCE & HAPPINESSMissionDescription
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Significant Change0SignificantChange
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DescriptionCONFERENCES - TO SPONSOR MEETINGS BETWEEN WESTERN SCIENTISTS AND LEADING CONTEMPLATIVE FIGURES TO STUDY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WESTERN SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES AND CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES.Description

Activity2 Activity2

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Expense156724Expense
Revenue60160Revenue
DescriptionSUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE - TO ADVANCE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AMONG BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS, NEUROSCIENTISTS AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS BASED ON A PROCESS OF INQUIRY, DIALOGUE AND IN SOME CASES COLLABORATION WITH BUDDHIST CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTITIONERS.Description

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Grants411387Grants
DescriptionAWARDS - TO STIMULATE BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH THAT EVALUATES BOTH STATE AND TRAIT EFFECTS OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND INCORPORATE FIRST-PERSON CONTEMPLATIVE METHODS INTO COGNITIVE/AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH.Description
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Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
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Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
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Independent Audit Financial Stmt0IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
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School0School
Foreign Office1ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
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Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account1ForeignFinancialAccount
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Premiums Paid0PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members17NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
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Business Name Line1LILA MERESCHUKBusinessNameLine1
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

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DIANA CHAPMAN-WALSH
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RICHARD DAVIDSON
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CAROLYN JACOBS
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Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

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Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec10909LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years127137CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year118989CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year68213CurrentTaxYear
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years132640CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years127137CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year118989CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years3682CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total16323Total

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years2356374CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years1699896CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year2088569CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
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Public Support Percentage5090.95600PublicSupportPercentage509
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Investment Income Percentage0.04270InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage0.05780PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509XThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

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Contributor NumberRESTRICTEDContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
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Aggregate ContributionsRESTRICTEDAggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

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Other Cost Or Other Basis28222OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation10909Depreciation
Book Value17313BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings17313TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (2 entries)

DescriptionDescriptionAmountAmount
Payroll Liabilities$35,314
Intercompany Payable$10,823
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Total Of Amounts46137TotalOfAmounts

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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Records Maintained0RecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

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Type Of GrantRESEARCH GRANTSTypeOfGrant
Number Of Recipients23NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant411387AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

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IdentifierSCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2:Identifier
ExplanationGRANT 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.Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

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Written Employment ContractXWrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation SurveyXCompensationSurvey
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Severance Payment0SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan0SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement0EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org0CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs0CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

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Name PersonARTHUR ZAJONCNamePerson
TitlePRESIDENTTitle
Base Compensation Filing Org211973BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Comp Based On Related Orgs0CompBasedOnRelatedOrgs
Bonus Filing Org0BonusFilingOrg
Bonus Related Orgs0BonusRelatedOrgs
Other Compensation Filing Org0OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Related Orgs0OtherCompensationRelatedOrgs
Deferred Comp Filing Org15000DeferredCompFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Related Orgs0DeferredCompRelatedOrgs
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org0NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Related Orgs0NontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs
Total Compensation Filing Org226973TotalCompensationFilingOrg
Total Compensation Related Orgs0TotalCompensationRelatedOrgs
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org0CompReportPrior990FilingOrg
Comp Report Prior990 Related Orgs0CompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanationIdentifierIdentifier
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11THE 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 12cALL 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 15THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEVELOPS THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THE CEO. 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 19DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:Gain on sale of Property other than inventory -371,748. Rental Property Revenue -50,696.Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances:

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part II Form990ScheduleRPartII (2 entries)

Address Line1AddressForeign/AddressLine1CityAddressForeign/CityCountryAddressForeign/CountryPrimary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesLegal Domicile Foreign CountryLegalDomicileForeignCountryExempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionPublic Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusBusiness Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Controlled OrgControlledOrgAddress Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1CityAddressUS/CityStateAddressUS/StateZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode
MIND AND LIFE INTERNATIONAL
SEEFELDSTRASSE 50 2008ZURICHSZEDUCATIONSZ501(c)3Line 7Mind and Life Institute1
Mind and Life Institute Canada
EducationCA501(c)3Line 7Mind and Life Institute14 Bay RoadHadleyMA01035
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Ann Rents Royalties0ReceiptOfIntAnnRentsRoyalties
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr To Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrToOtherOrg
Gift Grant Or Cap Contr Fr Other Org0GiftGrantOrCapContrFrOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrg
Loans Or Guarantees From Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOtherOrg
Dividends Related Organization0DividendsRelatedOrganization
Sale Of Assets To Other Org0SaleOfAssetsToOtherOrg
Purchase Of Assets From Other Org0PurchaseOfAssetsFromOtherOrg
Exchange Of Assets0ExchangeOfAssets
Rental Of Facilities To Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesToOtherOrgs
Rental Of Facilities Fr Other Orgs0RentalOfFacilitiesFrOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services For Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesForOtherOrgs
Perform Of Services By Other Orgs0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgs
Sharing Of Facilities0SharingOfFacilities
Sharing Of Paid Employees0SharingOfPaidEmployees
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrg
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrg
Other Transfer To Other Org0OtherTransferToOtherOrg
Other Transfer From Other Org0OtherTransferFromOtherOrg

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