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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “lama”
Where the money went
Largest: $110,000 to FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE MAHAYANA TRADITION (FPMT) — to support its lama zopa rinpoche bodhichitta fund, its support lama zopa rinpoche activities, including to build stupas, food offer daily to students study, health care services. …
Largest: $50,000 to THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES — the dalai lama center for ethics and transformative values at mit is dedicated to inquiry, dialogue, and education on the ethical and humane dimensions of life. as a collaborative …
Largest: $41,649 to MILO LAMAS — educational scholarship
Nyingma InstituteBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $485,216 · through 2023Largest: $195,000 to HEAD LAMA TNMC — program support
Largest: $5,000 to PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHANGE — general operating - for lama tenzin-india
Largest: $10,124 to ELISA CARDONA LAMAS — educational scholarship
Largest: $55,000 to DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS — to support charitable operations
North Kohala Community ResourceHawi, HICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $29,306 · through 2024Largest: $15,300 to LAMA KKUI O KOHALA INC — teach restoration
Largest: $2,500 to LAMA YESHE WISDOM ARCHIVE — the work of the lama yeshe wisdom archive falls into two categories: archiving and dissemination.
Largest: $10,464 to Phunjo Lama — publishing tibetan texts
Bodhgaya Religious Tr 123193Berkeley, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $725,000 · through 2024Largest: $725,000 to Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center — support of annual bodh gaya india world peace ceremony
Largest: $35,892 to Tanzin Gyalzen Lama — fellowships in the collection of oral literature & traditional knowledge
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →