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12 funders with a record of paying for “tibetan”
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Khyentse FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $94,807 to YALE UNIVERSITY — 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.
Bluelight Heals CorporationCheyenne, WYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2025Largest: $1.3M to LIGHT OF BEROTSANA — supporting grantees charitable, religious, and/or educational activities relating to the development of the light of berotsana (lob) institute, dedicated to the preservation, accur…
Largest: $52,335 to Paramita Charitable Trust — publishing tibetan texts
Largest: $5,000 to TIBETAN NUNS PROJECT — support programs that educate and empower nuns of the tibetan buddhist tradition as teachers and leaders.
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $160,508 · through 2024Largest: $51,008 to AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR TIBETAN CULTURAL PRESERVATION — general operating support
Tibet FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $900,300 · through 2024Largest: $750,000 to Tibetan Community Development Fund — community development
The Nyerongsha Institute of Tibetan Medicine and CultureLos Angeles, CA
7 matching grants · $17,000 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to TIBETAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE — support the teaching and provide scholarships to poor but deserving tibetan students interested in studying tibetan medicine
Largest: $41,000 to TIBETIAN NUNS PROJECT — to educate and empower nuns of the tibetan buddhist tradition as teachers and leaders, and to establish, strengthen, and support educational institutions to sustain tibetan religio…
Largest: $26,100 to EWAN CHODEN TIBETAN BUDDHIST — the receipt has someprojects to helpeducation, schooland the low incomestudents.
Largest: $60,000 to TIBETAN ASSOCIATION OF NO CALIFORNIA — general operations
Largest: $50,000 to TIBETAN ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — one year of general operating support for a cultural center preserving and transmitting the study and practice of tibetan arts and culture
84000Boulder, COCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $111,236 · through 2022Largest: $33,085 to TIBETAN CLASSICS TRANSLATORS GUILD OF NEW YORK — translations of tibetan kangyur texts into english
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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 →