Transparency
Indisputably, the nature of this initiative is 100% for public interests, full stop.
Legal Name
Legal Name of the Foundation: Foundation Mindiverse, Stichting
Other names: Mindiverse, Mindiverse Foundation
RSIN:862224123 KVK number: 81799802
ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling, Public Benefit Institution in English)
Contact
Tel: 0649409023
Email: hello@mindiverse.foundation
Objective and Mission
Dutch: De stichting is opgericht om mensen van alle rangen en standen de aard van de geest en de structuur van het ego te helpen begrijpen, te helpen om helderheid over het leven te verkrijgen en om zichzelf hierbij te transformeren. Hiermee wordt een harmonieuze samenleving gecreëerd.
English: The foundation was established to help people from all walks of life, via meditation, understand the nature of the mind and the structure of the self in order to get clarity about life and to transform themselves, creating a harmonious society.
Policy Plan (Beleidsplan)
To serve this goal, Mindiverse Foundation has the plans of actions for the year 2021 to 2025.
Meditation teachings, public education and global community. Potential directions can be named as follows:
Offer public meditation sessions, retreats, talks and workshops to people in addressing a series of societal challenges like depression, aggression, loneliness, stress and inappropriate and irresponsible behaviours.
Work with universities/schools to offer courses/lectures to teach younger generations about the importance of mental and emotional hygiene.
Form a community and network to support and connect people to live a simple life together, bridging the gap between individuals and society, effecting social change.
Professional group and the public sector, which have their unique influence on society; potential directions as follows:
Provide meditation sessions, workshops, talks to people working in the public field like: hospitals, police stations, academia. Guidance of these professional groups in dealing with the mental challenges and confusion due to their profession and in grasping the nature of mind, help improve the (daily) practices of their profession, which will have positive implications for society.
Offer meditation training to the above professional groups in order to benefit the society via their functions.
Donation and fundraising, potential directions as follows:
Recruit sponsors and raise funds for the foundation.
Collaborate with foundations with similar visions.
Expand the volunteer network to help the foundation fulfill its mission.
Click the link below for a full copy of Beleidsplan 2021-2025 for Mindiverse Foundation.
Board members
The board exists to support the foundation as a legal form to protect Cico's teaching, which is also his living -- selfless and authentic. Everything is to protect and facilitate goodness; the function of the board is "not sabotaging goodness" by wholeheartedly supporting Mindiverse to function in an egocentic society. The board is not a group or tribe.
Chao (Cico) Zhang
Chair of the board, the founder and the symbol of Mindiverse, philosopher of human minds, public speaker, a generalist (in mathematics, AI, biology, neural science and philosophy, English & Chinese language, western and eastern realities, human consciousness). Cico's teaching is the activities of the foundation, which is to facilitate each eager human being to get the ultimate clarity, end the ego and transform completely.
Botte Sibbele (Bob) de Boer
Treasurer.
Ana Isabel Pais Garcia
Secretary.
Remuneration policy (Beloningsbeleid)
Dutch: Leden van het bestuur nemen de rollen aan van manager en beleidsmakers van de stichting om goedheid te faciliteren. Om die reden zullen de vergoedingen aan de leden beperkt zijn tot terugbetaling van declaraties.
English: Board members are assuming the roles as the manager and policy maker of the foundation to facilitate goodness, therefore the board members’ reimbursement shall be limited to reimbursements of expenses.
Volunteers: reimbursement shall be limited to expenses incurred like public transport costs.
Report of the activities
Foundation Mindiverse, Stichting was founded on 4th February 2021.
Summary of 2021: Fifty-two weekly true meditation sessions have been organized for free (in English). The teaching has reached thousands of people globally. The playback of all the sessions is available here.
Summary of 2022:
Twenty-six weekly online meditation sessions have been organized for free to people from all walks of life.
Five public talks on life and true meditation has been organized with tremendous preparation and efforts for people living in Amsterdam (Website).
ANBI status was secured after a long-haul communication with Tax Authority, a "confrontation" between truth and utterly individualistic thinking that is pervading the selfish society.
Summary of 2023: please see the Financial Report 2023.
Financial Statement
Foundation Mindiverse, Stichting was founded on 4 February 2021, and the first financial year lasts until the end of 2022.
Updated on Jan 18 2024: the financial report (version 1.0) for the financial year 2023 has been available.
Opening positions
Currently, Mindiverse Foundation has no plan to hire staff, but have positions for volunteers who would like to volunteer their energy to something selfless and beautiful.
More info, please check here.