Funding search · EIN 205958865 · Steamboat Springs, CO
Pema Chodron Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 57
- grants reported
- $2.7M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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8 grants matching “nuns” · $342,000
- $110,000
Tsoknyi Nuns · Crestone, CO · 2024
Support nuns & their education
- $20,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support of nuns in retreat
- $100,000
Nagi Gompa Shedrub Developmt · Northampton, MA · 2023
Retreat facility for nuns
- $50,000
Tsoknyi Nuns · Crestone, CO · 2023
Support nuns & their education
- $20,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support of nuns in retreat
- $12,000
Pema Choling · Crestone, CO · 2023
Support nuns household in Colo
- $20,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support of nuns in retreat
- $10,000
Tsoknyi Humanitarian Fund · Steamboat Spgs, CO · 2022
Support nuns in Nepal
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Drala Mountain Center6 grants · $945,784
- Mangala Shri Bhuti3 grants · $600,000
- Tsoknyi Nuns2 grants · $160,000
- Home Boy Industries3 grants · $150,000
- Malezi School3 grants · $122,850
- Nagi Gompa Shedrub Developmt1 grant · $100,000
- Konchok Foundation2 grants · $99,629
- Naropa Univ - Ct Legacy Fdn3 grants · $80,000
- Tibetan Nuns Project3 grants · $60,000
- Sravasti Abbey1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 57 reported grants, largest first.
- $500,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather, CO · 2022
Rebuild from wildfire & COVID
- $300,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather, CO · 2024
Operational support for retreat ctr
- $200,000
Mangala Shri Bhuti · Boulder, CO · 2024
Support for church
- $200,000
Mangala Shri Bhuti · Boulder, CO · 2023
Support for church
- $200,000
Mangala Shri Bhuti · Boulder, CO · 2022
Support for church
- $110,000
Tsoknyi Nuns · Crestone, CO · 2024
Support nuns & their education
- $100,000
Nagi Gompa Shedrub Developmt · Northampton, MA · 2023
Retreat facility for nuns
- $75,392
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather, CO · 2024
Young Adult Retreats
- $54,100
Malezi School · Tivoli, NY · 2023
Support Kenyan school
- $50,000
Home Boy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Retraining for problem youth
- $50,000
Sravasti Abbey · Newport, WA · 2024
Monastic support
- $50,000
Home Boy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Retraining for problem youth
- $50,000
Konchok Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
Monastery construction
- $50,000
Tsoknyi Nuns · Crestone, CO · 2023
Support nuns & their education
- $50,000
Home Boy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Retraining for problem youth
- $49,629
Konchok Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
Monastic support
- $36,100
Malezi School · Tivoli, NY · 2024
Support Kenyan school
- $32,650
Malezi School · Tivoli, NY · 2022
Support Kenyan school
- $30,392
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather, CO · 2023
Young Adult Retreats
- $30,000
Dorje Khyung Dzong Retreatctr · Gardner, CO · 2023
Retreat facility fire mitigation
- $30,000
Naropa Univ - Ct Legacy Fdn · Boulder, CO · 2022
Support archive - Trungpa Rinpoche
- $25,000
Naropa Univ - Ct Legacy Fdn · Boulder, CO · 2024
Support archive - Trungpa Rinpoche
- $25,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather, CO · 2023
Rebuild from wildfire
- $25,000
Naropa Univ - Ct Legacy Fdn · Boulder, CO · 2023
Support archive - Trungpa Rinpoche
- $25,000
Treasure Caretakers Training · Boulder, CO · 2022
Preserve Buddhist sacred art
- $20,000
Berkana Institute · Provo, UT · 2024
Community engagement & leadership
- $20,000
Tergar Institute · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
Scholarships for Buddhist study
- $20,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support of nuns in retreat
- $20,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support of nuns in retreat
- $20,000
Jhamtse Gatsal International · Acton, MA · 2022
Support impoverished children
- $20,000
Tibetan Nuns Project · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support of nuns in retreat
- $15,686
Marpa Foundation Endowment · Otego, NY · 2024
Monastic support
- $15,000
Dorje Khyung Dzong Retreatctr · Gardner, CO · 2024
Retreat facility fire mitigation
- $15,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather, CO · 2022
Young Adult Retreats
- $12,624
Himalayan Childrens Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
Earthquake reconstruction
- $12,000
Pema Choling · Crestone, CO · 2023
Support nuns household in Colo
- $10,000
House With Heart · New York, NY · 2024
Support abandoned children
- $10,000
Jhamtse Gatsal International · Acton, MA · 2024
Support impoverished children
- $10,000
Leap for Ladies · Miami, FL · 2024
Assist women ex-prisoners
- $10,000
Prison Mindfulness Institute · South Deerfield, MA · 2024
Meditation in prisons
- $10,000
Profound Treasury Dharma Fdn · West Bath, ME · 2024
Buddhist Education
- $10,000
Treasure Caretakers Training · Boulder, CO · 2024
Preserve Buddhist sacred art
- $10,000
House With Heart · New York, NY · 2023
Support abandoned children
- $10,000
Jhamtse Gatsal International · Acton, MA · 2023
Support impoverished children
- $10,000
Leap for Ladies · Miami, FL · 2023
Assist women ex-prisoners
- $10,000
Prison Mindfulness Institute · South Deerfield, MA · 2023
Provide books to prisoners
- $10,000
Treasure Caretakers Training · Boulder, CO · 2023
Preserve Buddhist sacred art
- $10,000
Frederick Lenz Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Conference at Naropa University
- $10,000
House With Heart · New York, NY · 2022
Support abandoned children
- $10,000
Leap for Ladies · Miami, FL · 2022
Assist women ex-prisoners
- $10,000
Prison Mindfulness Institute · South Deerfield, MA · 2022
Provide books to prisoners
- $10,000
Tsoknyi Humanitarian Fund · Steamboat Spgs, CO · 2022
Support nuns in Nepal
- $7,500
Manjushree School Ltp Fdn · Hewlett, NY · 2023
Support school for orphans in Nepal
- $7,200
Marpa Foundation · Otego, NY · 2023
Monastic support
- $7,200
Marpa Foundation · Otego, NY · 2022
Monastic support
- $7,000
Himalayan Childrens Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
Earthquake reconstruction
- $7,000
Himalayan Childrens Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Earthquake reconstruction
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