2025-04-16T14:31:33-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 454956464 INSTITUTE FOR ZEN LEADERSHIP INST 6085712445 2540 E Mifflin St Madison WI 53704 Virginia Whitelaw President 5404202269 2025-03-24 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Institute for Zen Leadership Virginia Whitelaw 1029 Park Rd Crownsville MD 21032 133747 0 X https://zenleader.global/ X 2012 WI To combine Zen meditation and leadership training in order to develop wiser, more resilient leaders who can create healing and thriving in their relationships, organizations, and society. To foster Zen training and develop further instructors of Zen Leadership. 7 6 2 15 0 0 68557 61542 100975 71147 0 0 -804 677 168728 133366 15500 19350 0 0 134043 119217 0 0 13804 36358 36168 185901 174735 -17173 -41369 122276 80983 5812 5889 116464 75094 X To combine Zen meditation and leadership training in order to develop wiser, more resilient leaders who can create healing and thriving in their relationships, organizations, and society. To foster Zen training and develop further instructors of Zen Leadership. 0 0 51775 32909 In 2024, the Institute delivered 8 multi-day leadership programs serving 87 people, including the Healthy Embodied Agile Leadership program for those in healthcare and the full Zen Leadership curriculum. We offered 64 full or partial scholarships to these programs, having a total value of $22068. One program was delivered in person with the remainder delivered online. All programs were open enrollment. Additionally, IZL faculty presented at 11 other programs, online summits and conferences with thousands of attendees. The Institute's President continued to raise visibility for IZL's programs as a regular contributor to Forbes.com with a reach of tens of thousands. 30910 7044 We successfully hosted a global online summit, Living And Leading With Deep Resilience, which attracted 1,135 registrants. This leadership summit aimed to help individuals build resilience to address the challenges of our time, while fostering heartfelt connectedness. The summit took place over two weekends: May 10-11 and May 17-18, 2024. The majority of the funding for the summit came through grants received and reported in 2023, totaling approximately $31,000. The summit's content focused on practices for resilience, including nature as a powerful source, and how resilience can be cultivated both individually and collectively. Participants came away with both practices and communities to support their ongoing resilience. Over the course of four days, 20 speakers led 15 live sessions and 4 pre-recorded practice videos. The summit was free to attend with revenue coming from purchase of the summit video package and further donations. 47258 31194 The FEBI mind-body personality instrument was used throughout our programs, and our FEBI Operations Manager supported over 200 certified coaches, selling 1357 FEBI licenses. In addition, 16 new FEBI coaches were certified. 0 0 0 129943 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 MD VA WI X X Emily Alpert 4437109200 1225 First St Apt 306 Alexandria VA 22314 Virginia Whitelaw President and Treasurer 50 X 48000 0 0 Robert Caron Director 5 X 0 0 0 Kate Watters Chairperson 10 X 0 0 0 Gordon Greene Director 5 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Haq Director 5 X 0 0 0 Kristi Crymes Vice President 5 X 0 0 0 Cristina Nakano Director, Secretary 5 X 0 0 0 48000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61542 0 61542 Zen Leadership and HEAL Programs 611430 32909 32909 0 0 FEBI programs and revenue 611430 31194 31194 0 0 Deep Resilience Summit 611430 7044 7044 0 0 0 0 0 0 71147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1058 381 677 677 0 0 0 133366 71824 0 0 10000 10000 2700 2700 6650 6650 0 0 48264 33785 9653 4826 0 0 0 0 61459 43021 12292 6146 700 700 0 0 0 0 8794 6156 1759 879 1800 1800 0 0 0 0 2625 2625 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 53 3308 3308 8141 5699 1628 814 11390 7973 2278 1139 3241 3241 5610 5610 0 0 0 0 174735 129943 30988 13804 120406 72017 1870 845 0 0 0 0 8121 122276 80983 1471 560 4341 5329 5812 5889 X 116464 75094 0 0 116464 75094 122276 80983 X -41369 0 0 0 0 -1 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 79542 57146 172042 99588 61542 469860 148345 108025 136098 69140 71824 533432 227887 165171 308140 168728 133366 1003292 1003292 227887 165171 308140 168728 133366 1003292 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Undeposited funds 8121 8121 Payroll Liability 5329 5329 Schedule D, Part I, Line 1 Payroll Liabilities 1 Chosei Zen 2540 E Mifflin St Madison WI 53705 391612948 501(c)3 10000 0 Chosei Zen is a 501(c)3 church that provides Zen meditation training in support of developing instructors for and alumni of the Institute for Zen Leadership (IZL) programs. 1 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Chosei Zen is a 501(c)3 church that is informally a sister organization to the Institute for Zen Leadership (IZL), providing Zen meditation training that supports the development of IZL instructors and alumni of IZL programs. One IZL Board member also serves on the Chosei Zen Board of Directors and has a direct line of sight and budget approval on how funds allocated to Chosei Zen are used. X 1 31194 sales 1 0 1 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 2 We hosted an annual summit in May, 2024 on Zen leadership and deep resilience. Funding for this summit came from grants reported on our Form 990 in 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The completed 990 is shared with all board members via upload to a shared drive and all board members are notified that it is available for review. The Board Chair and President are required to review and approve it. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization's conflict of interest policy is sent to all board members annually and they are required to complete and sign a declaration reporting any conflict of interest. This process has been completed for 2024. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Financial statements in the form of the previous year's Form 990 are uploaded to and available on Guidestar, where IZL maintains a platinum (highest) rating for transparency. Other governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are available on request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 To account for a rounding error in the balance sheet.