Funding search · EIN 137224970 · New York, NY

Tsadra Foundation

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 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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2 grants matching “nevin · $32,382

  • $21,588

    Heidi Nevin · Corvallis, OR · 2024

    Translating Buddhist Texts

  • $10,794

    Heidi Nevin · Corvallis, OR · 2022

    Translating Buddhist Texts

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.