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GARRISON INSTITUTE

EIN 01-0597067 GARRISON, NY

Revenue 2024
$4,070,948
Expenses 2024
$4,168,096

Program services were 77.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 532

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE GARRISON INSTITUTE'S MISSION IS TO APPLY THE SKILLS AND WISDOM CULTIVATED THROUGH CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE, TOGETHER WITH THE INSIGHTS EMERGING FROM SCIENCE, TO TODAY'S URGENT SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, LEVERAGING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND HELPING BUILD A MORE COMPASSIONATE, RESILIENT FUTURE. WE ENVISION A FUTURE IN WHICH CONTEMPLATION IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AND PRACTICED AS A PATHWAY TO SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION. CONTEMPLATION INFUSES OUR ACTIONS WITH THE AWARENESS THAT WE LIVE IN A RELATIONAL WORLD, WHERE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED AND INTERDEPENDENT. TOGETHER WITH INSIGHTS FROM SCIENCE AND ETHICS, THIS AWARENESS WILL INCREASINGLY BE CULTIVATED AND APPLIED TO CHANGING BEHAVIORS AND MINDSETS, SHIFTING THE CURRENT PARADIGM TOWARDS A HOLISTIC, INTERCONNECTED ONE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEDICATED TO THE APPLICATION OF CONTEMPLATIVE METHODS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CIVIL SOCIETY.

  • THE RETREAT CENTER AT GARRISON INSTITUTE HOSTED OVER 50 IN PERSON RETREATS AND EVENTS AS WELL AS 6 VIRTUAL RETREATS/COURSES WITH AN ARRAY OF SPIRITUAL MASTER TEACHERS TEACHING ON TOPICS FROM THE WORLD'S WISDOM TRADITIONS. THE CENTER'S WORK FOCUSES ON EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION. THIS YEAR WE HOSTED OVER 3,000 ATTENDEES AND WELCOMED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE US AND INTERNATIONALLY.

    Expenses $2,141,947 · Grants $8,039 · Revenue $1,869,037

  • THE CONTEMPLATIVE BASED RESILIENCE PROGRAM (CBR) OFFERS RESILENCE TRAINING IN MIND-BODY CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF HELPING PROFESSIONALS AND CHANGEMAKERS SUCH AS HEALTH CARE WORKERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, HUMANITARIAN STAFF, AND OTHERS. ONE OF THE FIRST PROGRAMS OF ITS KIND, CBR OFFERS EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLS TO DEEPEN SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-CARE, SO ATTENDEES CAN "BE WELL TO SERVE WELL." IN VIEW OF THE VAST NEED AND DEMAND, THE CBR PROJECT NOW OFFERS LEADERSHIP COURSES FOR NONPROFIT LEADERS WHO CAN HELP THEIR ORGANIZATIONS ADOPT CBR TOOLS. AS CBR EMBARKS ON ITS THIRD DECADE, THE PROGRAM CONTINUES ITS DEDICATION TO THOSE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SERVING OTHERS.

    Expenses $356,067 · Revenue $29,618

  • THE PATHWAYS TO PLANETARY HEALTH INITIATIVE RECOGNIZES THAT THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE AND EARTH ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED. ITS WORK BUILDS UNDERSTANDING OF PLANETARY HEALTH THROUGH SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE ACROSS TRADITIONS, THROUGH CONVENING LEADERS, CONDUCTING APPLIED RESEARCH AND STRATEGICALLY ENGAGING WITH DECISIONMAKERS, DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, AND WEAVING CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE WORK.

    Expenses $216,817 · Revenue $2,981

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE FELLOWSHIPS, VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR THE HEALING-CENTERED PROJECT.

    Expenses $507,714 · Revenue $722

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jonathan Fp Rose

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sebastian Zugman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Manish Chopra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaira Jewel Lingo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Siegel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Rennie Grossman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO 6/2024

    Total calculated
    $262,625
    From this org
    $228,449
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,176
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,449
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,176
    Filer's total
    $262,625
  • Steve Varley

    MANAGING DIRECTOR FROM 7/2024

    Total calculated
    $173,376
    From this org
    $164,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,260
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,260
    Filer's total
    $173,376
  • Jeanne Englert

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $169,837
    From this org
    $143,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,731
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,606
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $520
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,211
    Filer's total
    $169,837
  • Christina Tinari

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,259
    From this org
    $140,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,284
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,975
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,284
    Filer's total
    $151,259
  • Stephen Posner

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,081
    From this org
    $132,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $526
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,070,948
    Expenses
    $4,168,096
    Contributions
    $2,138,900
    Grants paid
    $8,039
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,784,583
    Expenses
    $4,516,299
    Contributions
    $2,936,181
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,582,995
    Expenses
    $3,257,679
    Contributions
    $2,271,692
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,779,160
    Expenses
    $2,434,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $591,105
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,791,615
    Expenses
    $3,316,680
    Assets (EOY)
    $440,230
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,920,173
    Expenses
    $4,246,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,113,062
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,799,977
    Expenses
    $4,459,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,027,442

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.