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12 funders with a record of paying for “monastic”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to THE RATO DRATSANG FOUNDATION — it was a grant to "rato food and medical 2022" its support is to house, feed and provide medical assistance to the monastics who live and study at the re-established rato dratsang …
Largest: $25,000 to Benedictine Sis of Perpetual Adorat — to support the ministry of charity, community life, and offering a space for silence, prayer, and spiritual hospitality in a shared environment of monastic peace.
Largest: $578,000 to NAMGYAL MONASTERY — support program that offers western students the opportunity to study authentic tibetan buddhism in a monastic setting.
Pema Chodron FoundationSteamboat Springs, COCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $129,715 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Sravasti Abbey — monastic support
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
3 matching grants · $547,497 · through 2023Largest: $245,471 to SCIENCE FOR MONKS — science for monks tibetan monastic science program: expanding the boundaries
Largest: $15,360 to ashin sandana — religious- build monastery build huts for nuns finish 2nd floor of monastery build concrete floor for monastic school buy 1 acre of land for monastic center
Largest: $45,000 to SRVASTI ABBEY CORP — general purpose/ monastics medical fund
Center for Action and ContemplationAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2023Largest: $90,000 to THE CATHEDRAL OF THE INCARNATION-CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL IMAGINATION — the cathedral of the incarnation is a new monastic community which embodies and teaches the engaged contemplative spirituality in response to what father bede griffiths called 'the…
Largest: $4,000 to Sisters of St Benedict — support monastic women seeking god through the benedictine tradition
The Blue Cloud FoundationSaint Meinrad, IN
2 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2025Largest: $350,000 to ALLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL MONASTIC — support for programs
Largest: $200,000 to SRAVASTI ABBEY — funding supports a flourishing monastic community where learning and practicing buddhas ancient teachings cultivate peace in the hearts of residents, visitors, and the world.
Bluelight Heals CorporationCheyenne, WYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $94,900 · through 2025Largest: $85,400 to PADMASAMBHAVA BUDDHIST CENTER — sustaining monastic traditions of the nyingma tibetan buddhist lineage at the orgyen samye chokhor ling monastery in the buddha's holy sites of sarnath and shravasti, india. 85,400…
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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 →