TIBETAN NUNS PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: TIBETAN NUNS PROJECT (EIN 68-0327175)
Tax period: 2023-04-01 to 2024-03-31
Filed: 2024-08-08
IRS object ID: 202402229349301015
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-08-08T21:18:21-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-03-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-04-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	680327175	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TIBETAN NUNS PROJECT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	TIBE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2066528901	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	815 Seattle Blvd S Ste 418	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98134	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Elizabeth Napper	PersonNm
Person Title	Chair	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2066528901	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-08-09	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-08-08 14:25:15Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Elizabeth Napper	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	815 Seattle Blvd S Ste 418	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98134	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,399,147	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.tnp.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1994	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To improve the quality of life and education of nuns of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition living in India. The project provides facilities and programs to educate and empower these women. Also, to increase awareness of the concerns of the nuns and of Tibetan refugees in general.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	10	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,319,603	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,169,768	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$52,049	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$120,929	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$53,333	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$90,090	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,424,985	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,380,787	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$760,511	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,022,486	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$236,026	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$269,791	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$150,668	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$147,921	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$176,018	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,144,458	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,468,295	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,280,527	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$87,508	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,838,207	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,897,430	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$8,308	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$10,997	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,829,899	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,886,433	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The mission of the Tibetan Nuns Project is to 1) educate and empower the nuns of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as teachers and leaders, and 2) establish, strengthen, and support educational institutions to preserve Tibetan religion and culture.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,099,505	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,022,486	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,380,787	RevenueAmt
Desc	Improved quality of life and education of Tibetan nuns living in India, increased awareness of their concerns and of Tibetan refugees in general, and trained a generation of women to take leadership roles within their community. Funding has gone to feed, clothe, house, educate, and provide medical care to over 800 nuns in eight different nunneries in the Himalayan region of India.	Desc
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,099,505	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	4	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	1	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (1)	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Tibetan Nuns Project	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2066528901	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	815 Seattle Blvd S	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	Ste 418	AddressLine2Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98134	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd
Lisa Farmer
Executive Director	40	0	Yes (X)	$111,709	$0	$10,606
Robin Groth
Director	0.5	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Vicki Robinson
Director	0.5	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Dechen Tsering
Director	0.5	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Elizabeth Napper
Chair	15	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Tseten Phanucharas
Vice Chair	0.5	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Steve Wilhelm
Secretary	0.5	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Elizabeth Goldblatt
Treasurer	0.5	0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$111,709	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$10,606	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,169,768	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$11,773	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,169,768	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$120,929	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$120,929	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$108,450	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$18,360	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$90,090	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$90,090	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,380,787	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$90,090	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$120,929	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,022,486	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,022,486	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$131,426	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,285	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$65,713	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,558	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,171	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$58,431	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,956	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,253	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,193	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,735	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$325	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,224	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,649	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,853	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$722	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,330	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,721	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,776	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,833	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,963	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,963	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$43,930	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,784	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,146	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,837	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,050	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,787	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,657	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,591	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,066	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,531	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,531	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,485	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,287	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$198	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,691	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Postage	$27,882	$0	$6,960	$20,922
Communication	$2,303	$0	$2,303	$0
Banking and merchant fees	$38,264	$0	$38,264	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,475	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,475	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,468,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,099,505	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$218,122	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$150,668	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,253	BOYAmt
EOY	$138,232	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,532,959	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,126,088	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,326	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,562	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$997	BOYAmt
EOY	$997	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,257,672	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,610,551	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,838,207	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,897,430	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,308	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,997	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,308	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,997	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,641,717	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,173,026	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,188,182	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,713,407	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,829,899	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,886,433	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,838,207	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,897,430	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$87,508	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$144,042	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,425,877	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,673,960	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,652,749	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,319,603	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,169,768	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,241,957	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,425,877	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,673,960	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,652,749	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,319,603	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,169,768	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,241,957	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,974,632	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$6,267,325	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,718	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,172	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$19,656	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$52,049	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$120,929	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$196,524	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$8,438,481	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$108,450	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.74271	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.73138	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests PY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsPY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$880,691	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$964,451	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$157,337	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$11,504	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,990,975	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$51,975	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$500,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$328,716	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$880,691	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$33,873	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$20,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,898	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$51,975	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$0	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$0	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$0	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$0	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$0	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$0	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$0	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$0	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$0	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule D, Part V, Line 4	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Long term investment in the organization's mission.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	South Asia	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Grantmaking	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	To improve the quality of life and education of Tibetan nuns living in India.	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$1,022,486	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent	$1,022,486	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	South Asia	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	To improve the quality of life and education of Tibetan nuns living in India.	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$1,022,486	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	Wire transfers	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule F, Part I, Line 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Board Chair makes regular visits to the nunneries in India to ascertain use of funds as described and progress toward goals. She also reviews the accounts tracking the use of funds at the nunneries in India. The organization in India provides quarterly statements of accounts and copies of its annual filing to the Indian government of funds received from abroad.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The Board Chair reviews the 990 with the volunteer preparer. After review, the Board Chair sends copies to all other Board members and requests that they reply back to her with any feedback or questions. After any issues raised have been resolved, the form is signed and submitted to the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	The organization requires each Board member and key employees to disclose annually any conflicts of interest. The organization avoids engaging in any conflicts of interest, even if disclosed, as a matter of best practices.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	The executive director is the sole key employee and her total compensation is $122,000 annually. Because this is not a highly compensated position, the Board sets the pay rate based on similar positions in the geographic area. The Board members review and update the executive director's compensation at the annual Board meeting as part of approving the budget.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	All governing documents, policies, and financial information are available upon request and may be reviewed during normal business hours.