Donate without Fees
To avoid processing fees, you can make a one-time donation via Zelle by searching info@nickkeomahavong.net on your bank app or via the QR code below (click to enlarge). Please type in your desired donation category: “medical” “general” or “book” and your email (if you’d like a tax-deductible receipt) in the “message to recipient” area before submission. Thank you for your generosity!
Help Cover Medical Expenses
as renunciates sacrificing traditional paid employment, Buddhist monks rely upon the material support of lay people to meet their basic needs, which empowers them to focus on spiritual cultivation and sharing the wisdom they discover with the world. One of the four main requisites offered to monks is medicine, or essentially healthcare. The goal of $5,500 covers one year of medical insurance costs to make sure the monks remain covered while they travel internationally for teachings and events. We deeply appreciate your support in making our mission safe and sustainable!
Note: Givebutter accepts non-U.S. currencies for an additional exchange fee. For U.S. donors, a tax deductible receipt will be emailed to you upon submission. To avoid processing fees, you can donate via Zelle. For Thai donors, you can contribute to the account managed by our financial steward via the button below.
Overview
Help Sustain the Mission
Wisdom Age Initiative’s projects involve curating educational material with the aid of tech-based hardware & software, paying professionals to ensure high quality output, running complex, live events and retreats, traveling internationally, and many more cost-incurring realities that make our work possible.
If you would like to help us operate more sustainably and deepen the impact of our work, you can make a one-time or recurring donation via the Givebutter form.
Note: Givebutter accepts non-U.S. currencies for an additional exchange fee. For U.S. donors, a tax deductible receipt will be emailed to you upon submission. To avoid processing fees, you can donate via Zelle. For Thai donors, you can contribute to the account managed by our financial steward via the button below.
Overview
Give the Gift of Wisdom :
Book Printing for Free Distribution
The Initiative
As of Jan 1, 2026, Ven. Nick & Ven. Michael have given away just shy of 24,000 free copies of their books to those who were able to visit the meditation centers where they stay and have traveled to or attend the events they have run around the world. This was made possible by the support of many generous donors who helped cover over 25 rounds of printing and shipping costs.
Your donations will enable WAI to continue to sustainably provide free access to all of their books to many people around the world. (Please note our previous GoFundMe campaign has been discontinued to make way for a more robust donation system that will provide smoother payment processing & automated tax deductible receipts) To avoid processing fees, you can donate via Zelle.
This $10,500 target for 2026 will enable 7 rounds of printing 1,000 books, an amount that historically has been given out in a single year.
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Printing, Costs, & Impact
Each round of printing of 1,000 copies is roughly $1,500 USD (slightly variable depending on which book is being printed) when printed in Thailand, and 2.5 times more expensive when printed in other countries. Shipping costs can also add up for bigger orders. With three books (plus a journal) total, the goal for 2026 is to give away at least another 7,000 copies, hence the $10,500 target. With your help, we may be able to reach or exceed this goal.
Your generosity will help individuals discover how to incorporate wholesome habits of morality, meditation, and generosity into their lives and help them light their inner candle of goodness to make the world around them and at large a brighter place.
Stay tuned for our 5th book release later this year in 2026 which will help to bridge mental health with spiritual health via a model that helps practitioners balance every dimension of their lives with wisdom!
