Funding search · EIN 202719591 · Wilmington, DE

Tan Teo Charitable 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.

99
grants reported
$4.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$14,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Peacejam Foundation4 grants · $740,000
  • Uganda Buddhist Centre Limited4 grants · $715,000
  • Massachusetts General Hospital2 grants · $459,188
  • Center for Mindful Learning4 grants · $457,000
  • The Bhutan Foundation4 grants · $402,500
  • Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies4 grants · $400,000
  • Suttacentral Development Trust4 grants · $170,000
  • Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism1 grant · $170,000
  • The Carter Center4 grants · $100,000
  • Chapel & York US Foundation1 grant · $88,400

Giving over time

$995,200
2022
$1.0M
2023
$1.1M
2024
$1.4M
2025

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

  • $300,000

    Uganda Buddhist Centre Limited · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $245,000

    Peacejam Foundation · Arvada, CO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $230,002

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    Meditation and Well-Being Fund

  • $229,186

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025

    Meditation and Well-Being Fund

  • $205,000

    Center for Mindful Learning · Lowell, VT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $195,000

    Peacejam Foundation · Arvada, CO · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $170,000

    Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism · Escondido, CA · 2025

    Funds for the INTERBEING film on the life of Thich Nhat Hanh

  • $155,000

    Peacejam Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Uganda Buddhist Centre Limited · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $145,000

    Peacejam Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $140,000

    Uganda Buddhist Centre Limited · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $125,000

    Uganda Buddhist Centre Limited · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $102,500

    The Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Bhutan Nuns Fund

  • $102,000

    Center for Mindful Learning · Lowell, VT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    Bhutan Nuns Foundation

  • $100,000

    Center for Mindful Learning · Lowell, VT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Bhutan Nuns fund

  • $100,000

    The Bhutan Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Bhutan Nuns Foundation fund

  • $90,000

    Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $88,400

    Chapel & York US Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    NTU Wellbeing Fund: to support the "Search-Inside-Yourself" Mindfulness-based Emotional Intelligence Workshops

  • $50,000

    Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2025

    Maitreya Association

  • $50,000

    Suttacentral Development Trust · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Center for Mindful Learning · Lowell, VT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Suttacentral Development Trust · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Suttacentral Development Trust · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $33,000

    Sravasti Abbey Corp · Newport, WA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Boston, MA · 2025

    Harvard Divinity School - Buddhist Spiritual Care Research Fund

  • $25,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Mind & Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Suttacentral Development Trust · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $23,000

    Shaolin Temple USA · Fremont, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Wccm-USA Ltd Corporation · Neptune Beach, FL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Wccm-USA Ltd Corporation · Neptune Beach, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Working America Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Wccm-USA Ltd Corporation · Neptune Beach, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Wccm-USA Ltd Corporation · Neptune Beach, FL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $18,100

    Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Barre Center for Buddhist Studies · Barre, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, DC · 2024

    Galvanize USA/Focus for Democracy

  • $15,000

    North Main Street Fund · Concord, NH · 2024

    State Democracy Defenders Fund

  • $15,000

    Turnout Activism · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $14,000

    The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Insight Meditation South Bay · Menlo Park, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies · Ithaca, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Shaolin Temple USA · Fremont, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Foundation for a Mindful Society · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Insight Meditation South Bay · Menlo Park, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Shaolin Temple USA · Fremont, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Foundation for a Mindful Society · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Insight Meditation South Bay · Menlo Park, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Laudato Si Challenge · Fairfax, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sravasti Abbey Corp · Newport, WA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Insight Meditation South Bay · Menlo Park, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Land of Medicine Buddha · Soquel, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Shaolin Temple USA · Fremont, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Singapore Buddhist Mission · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Sonoma Mountain Zen Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,400

    Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,300

    Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Dhammadharini · Penngrove, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Sravasti Abbey Corp · Newport, WA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $8,000

    Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,900

    Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,800

    Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,700

    Buddhist Global Relief · Carmel, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Sonoma Mountain Zen Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Insightla · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nalandabodhi · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Insightla · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nalandabodhi · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $4,500

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery

  • $3,500

    Mind and Life Institute · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Dhammadharini · Penngrove, CA · 2025

    Buddha Marha Movie project

  • $2,000

    Machik Corp · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Sonoma Mountain Zen Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Machik Corp · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Sonoma Mountain Zen Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Dhammadharini · Penngrove, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Machik Corp · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Machik Corp · Washington, DC · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

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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.