Donations for Prison Courses (North America)

Since prisoners are unable to contribute for the ongoing support of their meditation courses, the VPT accepts donations from any person or organization who wishes to support the meditation courses conducted by the Vipassana Prison Trust.

Separate accounts for the USA and Canada have been created in order to accept donations to the North American Vipassana Prison trust. Because of cross-border tax and financial limitations, donations can only be used in a very limited way across the borders. Prison course expenses in the USA can only be paid using funds kept in the USA. Likewise, Canadian expenses must be paid using funds kept in Canada. One can, however, donate to either or both countries. Receipts for income tax purposes will be issued to you by your country of residence.

Online Donations

If you would like to give an online donation to help fund the Vipassana Prison Project in the USA and Canada, please use the below. We use PayPal to a US account to process online donations.

U.S Donations

If you would like to give an offline donation, please send a check payable to North American Vipassana Prison Trust to the following address:

Vipassana Prison Trust
445 Gore Road
Onalaska, WA 98570

Canada Donations

If you would like to give an offline donation to the Vipassana Prison Project in Canada, please send a check or money order payable to Vipassana Foundation (Prison Fund) to the following address:

Vipassana Foundation (Prison Fund) 810 Côte Azélie Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Montebello, Québec, J0V 1L0