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Khyentse Foundation

Name: Khyentse Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

76
grants reported: $6.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

year buddhist university dharma khyentse studies doctoral tibetan

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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.

27 grants matching “buddhist” · $2.6M

$220,928
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Usa - zen peacemaker fellowship grant
$115,595
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 3 year grant to support advancing strategic and innovative educational programs and partnerships for buddhist monastics.
$95,000
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY · 2024
Usa - grant to support mwes buddhist education curriculum framework design and distribution.
$94,807
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Usa - year 2 of 4 year grant to support a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan buddhist studies, and the kf award for excellence in buddhist studies for 3 years.
$50,000
Light of Buddhadarma Foundation Intl · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Usa - years 1 and 2 ($25,000/year) of 3 year grant to support the dharma training wheel, a program to reach out to buddhist communities around major sites of pilgrimage outside of bodhgaya and hold annual programs to re… read allUsa - years 1 and 2 ($25,000/year) of 3 year grant to support the dharma training wheel, a program to reach out to buddhist communities around major sites of pilgrimage outside of bodhgaya and hold annual programs to revive the buddhadharma in the land of aryadesa. less
$30,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 3 year grant to support a graduate fellowship for master's students working towards an ma in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$13,950
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 4 funding for buddhist lecture series at northwestern university
$10,000
Sakyadhita · San Diego, CA · 2024
Usa - grant to support "awakening the daughters of the buddha, creating a digital archive," a project through university of hawai'i at manoa to create a digital archive of materials by and about buddhist women.
$465,706
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Usa - grant to support fragile palm leaves phase iii to complete the work of digitizing fpls burmese pali collection and grant to support the development and application of buddhist informatics including artificial inte… read allUsa - grant to support fragile palm leaves phase iii to complete the work of digitizing fpls burmese pali collection and grant to support the development and application of buddhist informatics including artificial intelligence in order to underpin their core work of archiving scriptures in every classical buddhist language. less
$25,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Usa - grant to support one or more students working towards a masters degree in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$300,000
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grant to support bdrc general operating funds for the coming year
$149,979
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grant to support bdrc for year 3 of the fragile palm leaves digitization project phase ii.
$91,680
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Year 1 of 4 year grant to yale university for the purpose of supporting a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan buddhist studies for 4 years and the khyentse foundation award for excellence in buddhist studies for … read allYear 1 of 4 year grant to yale university for the purpose of supporting a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan buddhist studies for 4 years and the khyentse foundation award for excellence in buddhist studies for 3 years. less
$27,620
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
U of arizona hangzhou buddhist culture project year 3
$25,000
Uw Foundation · Seatlle, WA · 2022
Year 2 grant a graduate fellowship that will substantially support one or more students working towards a masters degree in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$20,700
One Love Prison Meditation Project · Gainseville, FL · 2022
Grant for creating a guidebook with appropriate tools to assist buddhist and interfaith communities to engage in community-based chaplaincy.
$10,255
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Year 1 of 2 year grant to support the kf buddhist studies lecture series at northwestern university.
$7,245
The Young Buddhist Editorial · Sunnyvale, CA · 2022
Grant to support facility costs and operating expenses
$350,000
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Grant to support bdrc to digitally archive and make accessible the entire tibetan collection held by the national library of mongolia (nlm.)
$240,926
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Year 2 fpl digitization project phase 2
$84,000
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Grant to digitally archive and make accessible the entire tibetan collection held by the national library of mongolia (nlm).
$64,637
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Mangalam Research Center for · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Grant supporting a project to complete a machine-readable collection of buddhist sanskrit literature
$35,200
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Funding for year 2 of their grant for the buddhist studies lecture series.
$25,000
Uw Foundation · Seatlle, WA · 2021
Grant to support 1st year of 3 year grant to support a graduate fellowship that will substantially support one or more students working towards a masters degree in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$10,120
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2021
Grant for year 4 support of rice university's buddhist courses.
$8,000
The Vidyadhara Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2021
Grant for year 4 support of rice university's buddhist courses
$7,500
Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
Grant to support buddhist chaplain at duke university

Top recipients

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

Middle Way School5 grants · $2.2M
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc)7 grants · $1.8M
Middle Way Education5 grants · $657,147
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm4 grants · $385,595
Northwestern University8 grants · $218,415
Rangjung Yeshe Institute Foundation2 grants · $201,516
Yale University2 grants · $186,487
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Dharma College)1 grant · $143,700
University of Arizona Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Naropa University3 grants · $72,625

Giving over time

$1.6M

2021

$1.8M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

$739,304
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY · 2023
Usa - grant for supporting the general operating funds of mws 2023-2024.
$699,000
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY · 2024
Usa - 2024/25 operating grant.
$465,706
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Usa - grant to support fragile palm leaves phase iii to complete the work of digitizing fpls burmese pali collection and grant to support the development and application of buddhist informatics including artificial inte… read allUsa - grant to support fragile palm leaves phase iii to complete the work of digitizing fpls burmese pali collection and grant to support the development and application of buddhist informatics including artificial intelligence in order to underpin their core work of archiving scriptures in every classical buddhist language. less
$360,000
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY · 2022
Grant to support the 5th year of mws academic year.
$350,000
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Grant to support bdrc to digitally archive and make accessible the entire tibetan collection held by the national library of mongolia (nlm.)
$347,103
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY · 2022
Grant to support mws's fifth academic year
$300,000
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grant to support bdrc general operating funds for the coming year
$240,926
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Year 2 fpl digitization project phase 2
$229,541
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY · 2021
Grant supporting middle way education, a research, development, and advisory organization that helps parents, educators, and school leaders introduce the wisdom of the dharma to children in modern, creative and age-appr… read allGrant supporting middle way education, a research, development, and advisory organization that helps parents, educators, and school leaders introduce the wisdom of the dharma to children in modern, creative and age-appropriate ways. less
$220,928
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Usa - zen peacemaker fellowship grant
$150,012
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY · 2023
Usa - grant supporting a research, development, and advisory organization that helps parents, educators, school leaders, and governments introduce the wisdom of the dharma to children in modern, creative and age-appropr… read allUsa - grant supporting a research, development, and advisory organization that helps parents, educators, school leaders, and governments introduce the wisdom of the dharma to children in modern, creative and age-appropriate ways and grant to correct accounting error in the original spreadsheet that mwe submitted to khyentse foudation that overlooked this amount. less
$149,979
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Grant to support bdrc for year 3 of the fragile palm leaves digitization project phase ii.
$143,700
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Dharma College) · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Supporting dharma college to promote dharma engagement and resilience among the millenial and gen z demographics.
$138,680
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY · 2022
Grant to support a global research, development, and advisory organization that helps parents, educators and school leaders introduce the wisdom of the dharma to children in modern, creative, and age appropriate ways
$115,595
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 3 year grant to support advancing strategic and innovative educational programs and partnerships for buddhist monastics.
$107,616
Rangjung Yeshe Institute Foundation · Northampton, MA · 2024
Usa - khyentse foundation - ryi joint scholarship grant, year 1 of 3
$95,000
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY · 2024
Usa - grant to support mwes buddhist education curriculum framework design and distribution.
$94,807
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Usa - year 2 of 4 year grant to support a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan buddhist studies, and the kf award for excellence in buddhist studies for 3 years.
$93,900
Rangjung Yeshe Institute Foundation · Northampton, MA · 2023
Usa - khyentse foundation - ryi joint scholarship grant
$91,680
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Year 1 of 4 year grant to yale university for the purpose of supporting a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan buddhist studies for 4 years and the khyentse foundation award for excellence in buddhist studies for … read allYear 1 of 4 year grant to yale university for the purpose of supporting a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan buddhist studies for 4 years and the khyentse foundation award for excellence in buddhist studies for 3 years. less
$90,000
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Usa - year 3 of 3 year grant to support sini vision 2021-2024: supporting roots, study, transmission and collaboration of the dharma today.
$90,000
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Year 2 of 3 year grant to support sini grant
$90,000
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Year 1 of 3 year grant to support sini vision 2021-2024: supporting roots, study, transmission and collaboraton of the dharma today.
$89,396
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY · 2021
Grant that provides emergency funding for additional staff and covid-19 costs for the rest of the 2021/22 school year.
$84,000
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Grant to digitally archive and make accessible the entire tibetan collection held by the national library of mongolia (nlm).
$68,000
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Light of Buddhadarma Foundat · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Year 6 of grant funding for the dharma training wheel project
$64,637
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Mangalam Research Center for · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Grant supporting a project to complete a machine-readable collection of buddhist sanskrit literature
$63,355
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Usa - grant to support sarah jacobys work on the project "the autobiography of sera khandro" in english translation.
$50,000
Light of Buddhadarma Foundation Intl · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Usa - years 1 and 2 ($25,000/year) of 3 year grant to support the dharma training wheel, a program to reach out to buddhist communities around major sites of pilgrimage outside of bodhgaya and hold annual programs to re… read allUsa - years 1 and 2 ($25,000/year) of 3 year grant to support the dharma training wheel, a program to reach out to buddhist communities around major sites of pilgrimage outside of bodhgaya and hold annual programs to revive the buddhadharma in the land of aryadesa. less
$50,000
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2024
Usa - 1st year of a 2 year grant to support completing the chogyam trungpa digital library:no talk left behind. Phase one: the general collection.
$50,000
The Trustees of Columbia University Sponsored Projects Finance (Spf) · New York, NY · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 6 year grant to support classical tibetan instructor support for columbia university
$43,914
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY · 2021
Grant extending mwe 2020 grant to dec 31, 2021
$40,420
Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Grant to support living expenses for ebs scholars dhondup palden and pema sherpa for jan-mar for study at uva.
$35,200
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Funding for year 2 of their grant for the buddhist studies lecture series.
$30,000
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 3 year grant to support a graduate fellowship for master's students working towards an ma in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$30,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Usa - grant to support professor anne klein to complete the review, editing, checking, footnoting and consultation on the second half of adzom drukpa's lamp lighting the path."
$27,620
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
U of arizona hangzhou buddhist culture project year 3
$25,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 4 year grant to support doctoral student scholarships at northwestern university for four years, from 2024-2028.
$25,000
The University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 4 year grant to fund doctoral student scholarships at the university of arizona
$25,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Usa - grant to support one or more students working towards a masters degree in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$25,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Year 3 of doctoral support grant.
$25,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Year 4 grant for doctoral support at university of arizona
$25,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Grant to support year 3 doctoral support
$25,000
Uw Foundation · Seatlle, WA · 2022
Year 2 grant a graduate fellowship that will substantially support one or more students working towards a masters degree in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$25,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Funding for northwestern university year 2 doctoral support
$25,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Grant to support year 2 doctoral support
$25,000
Uw Foundation · Seatlle, WA · 2021
Grant to support 1st year of 3 year grant to support a graduate fellowship that will substantially support one or more students working towards a masters degree in buddhist studies at the university of washington.
$21,948
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Grant to support tuition payment for spring semester, 2022 for middle way education executive director noa jones' masters of education entrepreneurship at university of pennsylvania
$21,948
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Grant to support tuition payment for fall semester, 2021 for middle way education executive director noa jones' masters of education entrepreneurship at university of pennsylvania
$20,700
One Love Prison Meditation Project · Gainseville, FL · 2022
Grant for creating a guidebook with appropriate tools to assist buddhist and interfaith communities to engage in community-based chaplaincy.
$20,655
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Funding for northwestern university year 5 tibetan language lecturer
$19,584
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Grant to support tuition payment for summer 2 session, 2021 (july 3 - august 8) for middle way education executive director noa jones' masters of education entrepreneurship at university of pennsylvania
$18,000
Dharma Gates · New York, NY · 2022
Grant for general support of operations
$16,774
Khyentse Vision Project · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Khyentse vision project tech support
$15,000
Dharma Bum Temple · San Diego, CA · 2022
Grant to support temple operations
$15,000
Abiding Heart Education · Cupertino, CA · 2021
Grant to support training for kindergarten and elementary teachers in abiding heart education
$14,625
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2022
Grant to provide mental health services in boulder and the colorado front range.
$14,444
University of Missouri - Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Usa - tuition for kunga rinchen for fall 2024 and spring 2025
$14,000
Siddhartha'S Intent - Western Door · Aptos, CA · 2023
Usa - grant to support upgrade of the si ngondro gar website.
$13,950
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Usa - year 1 of 4 funding for buddhist lecture series at northwestern university
$12,525
Treasury of Lives · New York, NY · 2024
Usa - grant to support the lives of the translators project.
$12,372
Khyentse Vision Project · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Khyentse vision project tech support
$12,000
The Vidyadhara Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Grant to support the chogyam trungpa rinpoche library project.
$10,255
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Year 1 of 2 year grant to support the kf buddhist studies lecture series at northwestern university.
$10,120
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2021
Grant for year 4 support of rice university's buddhist courses.
$10,000
Himalayan Art Resource · New York, NY · 2024
Usa - grant to support providing a collections management document, detailing each object and specifications and an analysis of the most valuable and at-risk objects in the dzongsar monastery art collection. 2nd payment… read allUsa - grant to support providing a collections management document, detailing each object and specifications and an analysis of the most valuable and at-risk objects in the dzongsar monastery art collection. 2nd payment, first payment made 4/9/21. less
$10,000
Sakyadhita · San Diego, CA · 2024
Usa - grant to support "awakening the daughters of the buddha, creating a digital archive," a project through university of hawai'i at manoa to create a digital archive of materials by and about buddhist women.
$10,000
Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Grant to support the sixth international seminar for young tibetologists.
$9,176
Khyentse Vision Project · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Khyentse vision project tech support
$8,971
Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Usa - grant to support "the life of the buddha (lotb), a project dedicated to documenting, preserving, translating, and publishing the most extensive tibetan rendition of the life of the historical buddha shakyamuni.
$8,000
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2024
Usa - grant to support phase 1 of maitreya association
$8,000
The Vidyadhara Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2021
Grant for year 4 support of rice university's buddhist courses
$7,500
Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
Grant to support buddhist chaplain at duke university
$7,245
The Young Buddhist Editorial · Sunnyvale, CA · 2022
Grant to support facility costs and operating expenses
$6,500
Upaya Organization for Contemplative Activities · Edgewater, CO · 2023
Usa - grant to provide equitable access scholarships for "karuna training" for bipoc, lgbtqia+, young adult and differently abled
$5,100
Terma Foundation · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2021
Grant supporting a project to offer integrated mental health care addressing the domestic and sexual violence affecting youth and women in baja california sur.

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