Northern California Vipassana Center
Donations deductibleRevenue
$898k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$639k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$3.6m
$678k liabilities
Net assets
$2.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
5.1 years on average
Staff
8
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
11
reported in Part VI
Northern California Vipassana Center's network
11 people3 organisationsi11 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amandeep Summan | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Beatricz Emmanuel | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| David Kestenbaum | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dory Hernandez | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jay Solomon | Treasurer | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Lucy Kostrzewa | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Mark Kaufman | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Ocean Malandra | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sasha Shempliner | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Shiva Shankar Naru | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Svetlana Petrowisky | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Kostrzewa | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dory Hernandez | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jay Solomon | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Kestenbaum | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Svetlana Petrowisky | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sasha Shempliner | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shiva Shankar Naru | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Beatricz Emmanuel | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mark Kaufman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ocean Malandra | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Amandeep Summan | Director | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Northern California Vipassana Center
- EIN
- 680426714
- Address
- Po Box 265, Cobb, CA, 95426-0265
- State
- California
- Mission
- Teach vipassana meditation as taught by sn goenka. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B80 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1998
- Principal officer
- Joe Rosenthal (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 1999
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsDavid Kestenbaum
≥8years on the filingsSasha Shempliner
≥8years on the filingsShiva Shankar Naru
≥8years on the filingsSvetlana Petrowisky
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.6m
- Total liabilities
- $678k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $886k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 8