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Dana Sila Foundation

Name: Dana Sila 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.

93
grants reported: $269,016
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,500
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

genereal

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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.

Buddhist Global Relief3 grants · $30,000
Sacred Mountain Sangha3 grants · $22,500
Spirit Rock Meditation Center2 grants · $20,000
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism2 grants · $20,000
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center2 grants · $20,000
Associacio Sarana1 grant · $16,835
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma3 grants · $11,500
Soi Dog Foundation3 grants · $10,000
Sarathchandra Buddhist Center2 grants · $10,000
Livingdying Project3 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$95,098

2022

$96,000

2023

$77,918

2024

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$16,835
Associacio Sarana · 2024
General
$15,000
Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2022
General
$11,000
Sacred Mountain Sangha · Sebastopol, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center · Barre, MA · 2023
General
$10,000
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism · Escondido, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Sacred Mountain Sangha · Sebastopol, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Woodacre, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center · Barre, MA · 2022
General
$10,000
Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism · Escondido, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Spirit Rock Meditation Center · Woodacre, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Tides Advocacy · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Livingdying Project · Fairfax, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma · Lafayette, CO · 2023
Genereal
$5,000
Sarathchandra Buddhist Center · North Hollywood, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Soi Dog Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$5,000
Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma · Lafayette, CO · 2022
Genereal
$5,000
Sarathchandra Buddhist Center · North Hollywood, CA · 2022
General
$3,500
Grip Training Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General
$3,147
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
General
$3,099
Palestine Childrens Relief Fund · Burbank, CA · 2024
General
$2,575
Equal Justice Initiative · Montogomery, AL · 2024
General
$2,500
Soi Dog Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General
$2,500
New York Insight · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,500
Soi Dog Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$2,250
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,250
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$2,100
Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$2,058
Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$2,000
East New York Clt · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$2,000
Asia Wild · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$2,000
Brooke USA · Lexington, KY · 2023
General
$2,000
Omprakash · Seattle, WA · 2023
General
$2,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$2,000
Animals Asia Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$2,000
Brooke USA · Lexington, KY · 2022
General
$2,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$1,560
National Network of Abortion Funds · Breaverton, OR · 2024
General
$1,545
Sogorea Te Land Te Land Trust · Oakland, CA · 2024
General
$1,534
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General
$1,500
Compassion in World Farming · New York City, NY · 2024
General
$1,500
Movement 4 Black Lives · Oakland, CA · 2024
General
$1,500
Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General
$1,500
Rocky Mountain Ecodharma · Lafayette, CO · 2024
General
$1,500
Sacred Mountain Sangha · Sebastopol, CA · 2024
General
$1,500
Compassion in World Farming · New York City, NY · 2023
General
$1,500
Polar Bears International · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General
$1,500
San Francisco Zen Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$1,030
Honor the Earth · Callaway, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Amazon Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$1,000
Brooke USA · Lexington, KY · 2024
General
$1,000
East Bay Meditation Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
Livingdying Project · Fairfax, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
Mercy for Animals · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General
$1,000
New York Insight · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Orangutan Foundation International · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$1,000
Polar Bears International · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General
$1,000
San Francisco Dharma Collective · Corte Madera, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
San Francisco Zen Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$1,000
Amazon Conservation · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
General
$1,000
East Bay Meditation Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
General
$1,000
Globalgiving · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1,000
Humane Prison Hospice Project · Bolinas, CA · 2023
General
$1,000
Lion'S Roar Foundation · 2023
General
$1,000
Mercy for Animals · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General
$1,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1,000
San Francisco Dharma Collective · Corte Madera, CA · 2023
General
$1,000
Amazon Conservation · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
East Bay Meditation Center · Oakland, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
Friends of Cloud Mountain · Castle Rock, WA · 2022
General
$1,000
Humane Prison Hospice Project · Bolinas, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
Insight La · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
Lion'S Roar Foundation · 2022
General
$1,000
Livingdying Project · Fairfax, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
Mercy for Animals · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General
$1,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1,000
Polar Bears International · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General
$1,000
San Francisco Dharma Collective · Corte Madera, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
San Francisco Zen Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$1,000
The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General
$935
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2024
General
$500
Humane Prison Hospice Project · Bolinas, CA · 2024
General
$500
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2023
General
$500
The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General
$500
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$98
Buddhists Accross Traditions · 2022
General

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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.