Heart Mind Foundation

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“UPON WRITTEN REQUEST”

“BUDDHIST GEEKS”

“Podcast in 2021 we continued to release new episodes of the freely offered buddhist geeks podcast,including 15 new episodes. In addition to the archived episodes, the buddhist geeks podcast,received a total of 318,621 podcast listens in 2021, making a combined 1.3 million listens from 2019 2021. Retreats in response to the global pandemic of 202021 we shifted all of our in- person retreat activity online, with 2 retreats that were originally planned to be in-person, being held online in 2020. Then at the end of 2020 we launched a new virtual retreat program called mindfulness retreats online. In 2021 we continued those retreats successfully, hosting a total of 3 mindfulness retreats online with 287 participants and 18 mindfulness teachers. Retreat revenue from that program totaled 58,200.00. Trainings in 2021 we expanded our 10-week virtual training opportunities, with 6 different teachers running 19 unique training programs with 312 registered training participants, who donated a total of 74,272.00 to support these trainings over the course of the year. In 2021, and as part of that, we continued a 2-year teacher training program cohort, working closely with 11 long-term students who are training to become dharma, meditation, & mindfulness teachers with buddhist geeks. They are set to graduate at the end of 2021. Mentoring in 2021 we had 6 teachers offer a total of 236 contact hours with private students, supporting them personally with the development of their contemplative practice. Our teachers operate on a transparent generosity basis, and received an average donation of 139 / hour in 2021 for a total of 33,260.50 in donations. Network in 2021 we continued to operate our private social network and live event space for our community, the buddhist geeks network. Operating on the mighty networks platform this network was sustained by totally optional donations, receiving a total of 22,745.25 from network members in 2021. In the last month of the year, december 2021, we had 260 active members on the network, and 133 of them active donors. Partnering our primary partners this year included jack kornfield, tara brach, & sounds true as we worked to design the mindfulness retreats online program to support the intensive training of prospective teachers in their 2-year mindfulness meditation teacher certification program.”

“Outside contract services 27,552 0 0 teacher pay 148,130 0 0 total 175,682 0 0”