Become a SIM Monthly Donor

Dear Friends,

Deep gratitude to all those who donated to our yearend fundraising effort. We raised $24,020! This is a fantastic start to covering our budget shortfall. But we still anticipate having a budget/revenue shortfall in 2024 due in large part to our new – and absolutely essential –  Operations Manager position which adds $22,000 to our annual expenses.

As we start this new year, we are beginning a campaign for the month of January to get 10 new monthly donors and 10 current donors to increase their monthly contributions. Can you be one? Can you encourage someone you know to be one?

Recurring donations provide reliability and consistency to the organization. This allows us to plan responsibly and make future commitments.   

Our current monthly contributions range from $10 to $200 per month. However, this is not enough to cover our anticipated 2024 expenditures.  

What does your donation support?

  • SIM’s core assets: Thursday night sit and dharma talks, Saturday Daylong Retreats, Courses, and the annual retreat;
  • Our Legacy Teachers and ultimately continues supporting the Dharma in Sacramento;
  • The new Operations Manager position, which expands our communications & online capacities, facilitates our administrative and registration processes, and provides important operations assistance to the Board and Faculty.
  • AV/hybrid events- this allows people who cannot come in person to attend to hear the Dhamma and maintain their connection to the sangha.

If you are not currently donating monthly, please consider signing up. If you are currently donating monthly, please consider increasing your donation.

It’s easy to sign up online by going to the Donation page. Put in the amount and choose “Make this donation every month”.

If you want to increase your online donation, email website@sactoinsight.org with the changes you want to make and Sabitre will update your contribution.

And just to have some fun and give a little incentive for folks to sign up, if you become a monthly donor, or change your donation rate, during the month of January, we will be holding a drawing for two lucky winners to go out for a meal with Senior Teacher Rich Howard and another with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren.

With gratitude,

Amy Kovak, on behalf of the SIM Board of Directors and Faculty 

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