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Tsadra Foundation

Name: Tsadra Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

223
grants reported: $4.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $9,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

recipient scholarship contemplative retreat texts advanced studies buddhist

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Karma Phuntsho3 grants · $270,000
Wisdom Publications3 grants · $198,271
Sarah Harding3 grants · $185,000
Art Engle3 grants · $185,000
David Higgins3 grants · $181,134
Matthieu Ricard3 grants · $180,000
Gavin Kilty3 grants · $180,000
Elizabeth Callahan3 grants · $161,954
Christian Charrier3 grants · $147,320
Helena Blankleder3 grants · $136,404

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 223 grants.

$90,000
Karma Phuntsho · 2024
Research
$90,000
Karma Phuntsho · 2023
Research
$90,000
Karma Phuntsho · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$85,000
Wisdom Publications · Somerville, MA · 2023
Institutional Development
$65,000
Art Engle · Howell, NJ · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$65,000
Sarah Harding · Boulder, CO · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$65,000
Simon Houlton · 2024
Research
$60,390
David Higgins · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,372
David Higgins · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,372
David Higgins · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Gavin Kilty · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Matthieu Ricard · Kew Gardens, NY · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Art Engle · Howell, NJ · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Gavin Kilty · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Matthieu Ricard · Kew Gardens, NY · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Sarah Harding · Boulder, CO · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Art Engle · Howell, NJ · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Gavin Kilty · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Matthieu Ricard · Kew Gardens, NY · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Sarah Harding · Boulder, CO · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$60,000
Wisdom Publications · Somerville, MA · 2022
Institutional Development
$57,500
Elizabeth Callahan · Otego, NY · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$53,271
Wisdom Publications · Somerville, MA · 2024
Institutional Development
$52,500
Elizabeth Callahan · Otego, NY · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$52,335
Paramita Charitable Trust · 2024
Publishing Tibetan texts
$51,954
Elizabeth Callahan · Otego, NY · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$50,025
Christian Charrier · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$50,025
Helena Blankleder · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$50,025
Wulstan Fletcher · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$49,973
Tamphel Konchok · 2024
Research
$49,468
Khenpo Konchok Tamphel · 2023
Research
$49,254
Christian Charrier · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$48,041
Christian Charrier · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$43,676
Helena Blankleder · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$43,676
Wulstan Fletcher · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$42,703
Helena Blankleder · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$42,703
Patrick Carre · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$42,703
Wulstan Fletcher · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$40,000
Douglas Duckworth · Wynnewood, PA · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$40,000
Douglas Duckworth · Wynnewood, PA · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$39,387
Stephen Gethin · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$37,980
Paramita Charitable Trust · 2022
Publishing Tibetan texts
$37,650
Christina Monson · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$37,500
Adam Pearcey · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$37,500
Utah State University · Logan, UT · 2024
Institutional Development
$37,500
Thupten Jinpa · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$36,956
Patrick Carre · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$36,539
Patrick Carre · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$35,000
Jeremy Manheim · Madison, WI · 2023
Dissertation Writing Grant
$35,000
Paramita Charitable Trust · 2023
Publishing Tibetan texts
$35,000
Kali Cape · Troy, VA · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$35,000
Riga Shakya · New York, NY · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$32,396
Stephen Gethin · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$30,000
Simon Houlton · 2023
Research
$29,500
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Hosting Conference
$28,446
Editions Padmakara · 2022
Publishing Tibetan texts
$25,300
Malcolm Smith · Ashfield, MA · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$25,000
Institute of Tibetan Classics · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$25,000
Jose Cabezon · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$21,588
Heidi Nevin · Corvallis, OR · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$21,200
Malcolm Smith · Ashfield, MA · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$19,975
Buddhist Digital Resource Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Institutional Development
$19,975
Buddhist Digital Resource Center · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Institutional Development
$19,975
Buddhist Digital Resource Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Institutional Development
$19,038
Shechen Publications Private Limited · New York, NY · 2022
Publishing Tibetan texts
$18,839
Alexandria Singhe Dhami · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$18,839
Frederic Anselme · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$18,839
Jia Tan · San Jose, CA · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,809
Alexandria Dhami · 2023
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,809
Frederic Anselme · 2023
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,534
Andrew Bishop · Stamford, CT · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,429
Andrew Bishop · Stamford, CT · 2023
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,208
Bella Chao · Yorba Linda, CA · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,208
Dilan Yildiz · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,208
Keny Virapin · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,208
Michael D Smith · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,208
Sara Messi · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,208
Soren Buskov Poulsen · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$17,100
Joseph McClellan · Seattle, WA · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$16,726
Stephen Gethin · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$16,000
The Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Hosting Conference
$12,500
Adam Pearcey · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$12,484
Francesco Paolo · 2024
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$12,000
Martha Asselin · Crestone, CO · 2023
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$12,000
Jennifer Zhao · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$12,000
Martha Asselin · New York, NY · 2022
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$12,000
Pema Nymeyer · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$11,820
Maria Vivian Siles · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$11,000
Katrin Querl · 2024
Translating Buddhist Texts
$11,000
Katrin Querl · 2023
Translating Buddhist Texts
$10,800
Karme Ling Retreat · 2024
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$10,800
Travis Campbell · West Nyack, NY · 2024
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$10,794
Heidi Nevin · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Translating Buddhist Texts
$10,550
Erica Merritt · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$10,550
Gilad Yakir · 2022
Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient
$10,520
Vajra Vidhya Institute · 2023
Publishing Tibetan texts
$10,464
Phunjo Lama · 2024
Publishing Tibetan texts
$10,200
Danielle Blouin · 2022
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$10,088
Sarina Straussner · Wappingers Falls, NY · 2024
Contemplative Scholarship recipient - retreat
$10,031
Loden Foundation · 2023
Publishing Tibetan texts

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