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US nonprofit · EIN 990217294 · Honolulu, HIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 990217294) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2016.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2011. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2011 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

Institute of ZEN Studies' network

4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

4 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.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 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Hideyuki TakahashiDirector2017
9 yrs
MIA OkinagaTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Raymond I MiyashiroPresident2017
9 yrs
Sonya MiyashiroCompany secretary2017
9 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Raymond I MiyashiroPresident$0
Sonya MiyashiroSecretary$0
Mia OkinagaTreasurer$0
Hideyuki TakahashiDirector$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Institute of Zen Studies
EIN
990217294
Address
350 Ward Ave Ste 106 PMB 224, Honolulu, HI, 96814-4004
State
Hawaii
Mission
To provide publications, educational seminars, workshops and lectures on self development, stress management, eastern and western relevance of zen for modern society. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X50 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Principal officer
Raymond I Miyashiro (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥9years on the filingsHideyuki Takahashi
≥9years on the filingsRaymond I Miyashiro
≥9years on the filingsSonya Miyashiro
≥7years on the filingsMIA Okinaga

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$162k
Total liabilities
$24
Net assets or fund balances
$162k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$110k
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$110k$109k$1k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.