Niroga Institute

OUSD vendor no. 003088OrganizationAlameda, CA · Oakland, CAOn the consent report Nov 13, 2019 – Jun 3, 2026

$222Knot to exceed, approved on consent
9items approved on consent
11official Legistar records, all years

About this vendor

Niroga Institute is a nonprofit based in Alameda, California, founded in 2005. It teaches a movement-based mindfulness practice called Dynamic Mindfulness (DMind) to help people build resilience, empathy and social-emotional skills. It works with schools, workplaces, mental health clinics, juvenile justice facilities and other communities exposed to high stress.

Registered name
Niroga Institute
Type
Nonprofit
Website
niroga.org
Address
2363 Mariner Square Drive, Suite 149, Alameda, CA 94501

Researched by AI from public sources on Oct 1, 2026, checked by a second, independent AI review, with every contact detail matched to a cited page. Not from OUSD or Legistar; may be incomplete or out of date. Sources: Niroga Institute - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica, Contact Us – Niroga Institute, About Niroga Institute | Mindful Education & Social Emotional Learning.

What the district contracts them for

  • Student health, support & family services 5
  • After-school & summer programs 2
  • Classroom & academic programs 2
  • New agreement 9

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Official information from Legistar

Legistar has no vendor profile; a vendor appears only as the vendor number on each record. These fields come from the official records listed at the bottom of this page.

OUSD vendor number
003088
Named in the agenda text as
Niroga Institute
Presenting offices
Chief Academic Officer (10); Board of Education (1)
Record types
Agreement or Contract (11)
Funding sources
A-G Learning Loss Mitigation; ESSA: Comp Support & Improvmt; ESSER III ASES Summer; Expanded Learning Opp Prop98; Measure G1 Parcel Tax; Measure G1 Parcel Tx; Salesforce.org; Title I-Basic Grant Low Income; Unrestricted Supplemental Support
Resource / site codes
0002-2283010-9283182-9283225-9287413-9287425-9289283-9659332-2039332-2069332-213

Approved on the consent report (9)

  1. Ratifies up to $18,750 for Niroga Institute to teach hands-on arts in the Summer HAcK credit recovery programJun 3, 2026 · O.-16 · 26-1179 · May 15, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $19Knot to exceed
  2. Pays Niroga Institute up to $14,750 for arts-based credit recovery lessons in Summer HAcK 2025May 14, 2025 · L.-104 · 25-1127 · May 15, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 · Adopted on the General Consent Report
    $15Knot to exceed
  3. Ratifies up to $23,800 for Niroga Institute's mindfulness program for high school studentsMay 8, 2024 · T.-18 · 24-0899 · May 15, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 · Adopted on the General Consent Report
    $24Knot to exceed
  4. Pays Niroga Institute up to $40,000 to bring mindfulness instruction into a Biology unit on stressApr 26, 2023 · T.-62 · 23-0912 · May 10, 2023 – Jul 7, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent Report
    $40Knot to exceed
  5. Ratifies up to $4,500 for Niroga Institute to teach mindfulness alongside a biology teacherMay 25, 2022 · V.-116 · 22-1081 · Jun 2, 2022 – Jul 8, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportDelayed at earlier meeting
    $5Knot to exceed
  6. Pays Niroga Institute up to $10,000 for a stress-reduction and mindfulness program at Westlake MiddleMay 27, 2020 · P.-58 · 20-0886 · Aug 12, 2019 – May 28, 2020 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $10Knot to exceed
  7. Pays Niroga Institute up to $15,000 for a stress-reduction and mindfulness program at Bret Harte MiddleMay 27, 2020 · P.-59 · 20-0887 · Aug 1, 2019 – May 30, 2020 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $15Knot to exceed
  8. Approves up to $30,000 for Niroga Institute's mindfulness program at Frick Impact AcademyDec 11, 2019 · P.-108 · 19-2455 · Nov 1, 2019 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work beganText discrepancy
    $30Knot to exceed
  9. Pays Niroga Institute up to $65,000 for weekly mindfulness coaching at five middle schoolsNov 13, 2019 · P.-61 · 19-2202 · Oct 14, 2019 – Jun 30, 2020 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $65Knot to exceed

Other consent appearances (1)

Earlier appearances of items decided at a later meeting, and items not adopted or not yet acted on. These aren't counted in the totals above.

  1. Pays Niroga Institute up to $4,500 to teach mindfulness alongside a biology unitMay 11, 2022 · V.-115 · Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 25, 2022
    $5Knot to exceed

All Legistar records (11)

Every Legistar record carrying this vendor number in any year, on consent or not, plus records Legistar links to this vendor's consent items (for example, an amendment's original agreement). Newest first.

DateFileOfficial titleTypeStatus
Jun 3, 202626-1179Services Agreement 2025-2026 - Niroga Institute - OPSR Counseling DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 26-1042 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
May 14, 202525-1127Services Agreement 2024-2025 - Niroga Institute - Office of Post Secondary Readiness (OPSR) Counseling DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 25-0702 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
May 8, 202424-0899Services Agreement 2023-2024 - Niroga Institute - OPSR Counseling DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 24-0785 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Apr 26, 202323-0912Services Agreement 2022-2023 - Niroga Institute - OPSR Counseling DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 23-0745 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
May 25, 202222-1081Services Agreement 2021-2022 - Niroga Institute - OPSR Counseling DepartmentBoard of Education · Enactment no. 22-0896 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
May 27, 202020-0887Professional Services Contract - Niroga Institute - Bret Harte Middle SchoolChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 20-0784 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
May 27, 202020-0886Professional Services Contract - Niroga Institute - Westlake Middle SchoolChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 20-0783 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Dec 11, 201919-2455Professional Services Contract - Niroga Institute - Frick Impact AcademyChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 19-1868 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Nov 13, 201919-2202Professional Services Contract - Niroga Institute - Middle School NetworkChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 19-1686 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
May 8, 201919-0763Professional Services Contract - Niroga Institute - Westlake Middle SchoolChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 19-0668Agreement or ContractPassed
Apr 24, 201919-0659Professional Services Contract - Niroga Institute - United for Success AcademyChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 19-0580Agreement or ContractPassed

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