Evergreen Cove’s tuition is on a sliding scale basis that allows participants in most of our programs to pay according to individual means.
There are four rates:
Sustaining, Standard, Member and Minimum.
Payment at the Standard and Member levels cover less than 50% of what is needed to run our center. To balance our budget and to provide wise stewardship of our resources, donations must supplement any tuition income received at this level.
The Sustaining rate covers substantially more, but not all, of the actual cost to Evergreen Cove to offer our programs. Payment at this rate lets us direct more of the income from our donations towards helping those with lesser means to attend our classes and workshops. If you can afford this level or higher, you assist our efforts to offer lower sliding scale tuition and other financial subsidies. Any amount paid above the Standard rate is tax-deductible.
Additional financial aid is available through our Scholarship Fund. (click here for details)

On the practice of generosity (dana)

In many traditional cultures, teachings have been offered in an open-handed manner.  That is, they are offered free of charge, and in a way that makes the teachings equally accessible to all who desire to learn and grow from them.  This way of offering teachings is done purely from a place of generosity, with no expectation of reciprocal exchange of any kind. The benefit of making teachings available to all is quite obvious; it is the natural extension of having benefited from them ourselves.

This donation-based system of offering classes asks that participants pay at a level that is appropriate for them.  What is appropriate?  This is where the practice of generosity can become truly transformative as we are asked to confront our relationships with the concepts of value, generosity, and support.