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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PRAYER ROOM WAS USED BY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO PASSED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE LIVING ELSEWHERE. THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING A GATHERING PLACE TO MOURN AND PRACTICE RELIGIOUS RITUALS FOR THE THOSE WHO PASSED. IN THE BEGINNING OF 2021 UTA SERVED OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY BY BEING A LIAISON BETWEEN THE CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA AND THOSE LIVING IN UTAH BY PROVIDING A VENUE TO CAST BALLOTS FOR ELECTIONS. IN FEBRUARY, NORMALLY THE LARGEST CULTURAL HOLIDAY, LOSAR (TIBETAN NEW YEAR) WAS NOT CELEBRATED AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER DUE TO COVID CONCERNS. IN MARCH, UTAH TIBETAN ASSOCIATION MARKED THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF TIBET. UTA MEMBERS TOOK PART IN PROTEST AND DEMONSTRATION AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND FEDERAL BUILDING WITH APPROXIMATELY 40 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. 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UTA ALSO RECEIVED THE CATALYST SMALL BUSINESS GRANT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS MUCH NEEDED TO HELP WITH THE UPKEEP OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER. IN JULY, UTA ORGANIZED A CELEBRATION FOR HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA'S 86TH BIRTHDAY AT A LOCAL PARK WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 ATTENDEES. THE EVENT HAD FOOD, CULTURAL DANCES AND GAMES FOR THE FAMILIES. PRAYERS WERE ALSO HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE IN HONOR OF HHDL'S BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST, UTA ORGANIZED A TRIP TO THE TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS IN MONTANA FOR THE ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE PRAYERS AND VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAN THE GROUNDS. IN SEPTEMBER, UTA HOSTED THE NORTH AMERICA TIBETAN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERSHIP FROM VARIOUS STATES WITH TIBETAN COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OF THE TIBETAN MEMBERS AND MAKE PLANS TO HELP FURTHER THE TIBETAN CAUSE. THE CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND A ONE FROM INDIA. TIBETAN DEMOCRACY DAY WAS ALSO CELEBRATED DURING THE CONFERENCE WHICH PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEADERSHIP FROM OTHER STATES TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE CELEBRATION BECAME THE LARGEST GATHERING FOR OUR COMMUNITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. IN OCTOBER, UTA ORGANIZED CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CELEBRATION WITH FOOD, GAMES AND DISCUSSIONS OF IMPORTANT TOPICS CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITY. 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OUR OBJECTIVE AND MISSION IS TO PRESERVE OUR CULTURE, ARTS, LANGUAGE, AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE YOUNG GENERATION OF UTAH TIBETANS. WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO DIVERSIFY OUR ORGANIZATION BY INTERACTING WITH OTHER CULTURE AND COMMUNITIES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A IN 2021 THE UTAH TIBETAN ASSOCIATION (UTA) CAUTIOUSLY BEGAN HOSTING SMALL EVENTS IN STEP WITH THE GUIDELINE CHANGES BROUGHT ON BY VARIANTS AND CASE NUMBERS OF COVID-19. THE CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC LEFT OUR ORGANIZATION UNABLE TO FULLY OPEN AND PROVIDE THE FULL RANGE OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE PRAYER ROOM WAS USED BY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO PASSED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE LIVING ELSEWHERE. THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING A GATHERING PLACE TO MOURN AND PRACTICE RELIGIOUS RITUALS FOR THE THOSE WHO PASSED. IN THE BEGINNING OF 2021 UTA SERVED OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY BY BEING A LIAISON BETWEEN THE CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA AND THOSE LIVING IN UTAH BY PROVIDING A VENUE TO CAST BALLOTS FOR ELECTIONS. IN FEBRUARY, NORMALLY THE LARGEST CULTURAL HOLIDAY, LOSAR (TIBETAN NEW YEAR) WAS NOT CELEBRATED AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER DUE TO COVID CONCERNS. IN MARCH, UTAH TIBETAN ASSOCIATION MARKED THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE OCCUPATION OF TIBET. UTA MEMBERS TOOK PART IN PROTEST AND DEMONSTRATION AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND FEDERAL BUILDING WITH APPROXIMATELY 40 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. IN APRIL, UTA COMMUNITY MEMBERS RENTED THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO HOST MULTIPLE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THE TIBETAN PARLIAMENT IN EXILE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR AND SPEAK WITH CANDIDATES ON ISSUES EFFECTING TIBETANS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. UTA ALSO HELPED FUNDRAISE FOR COVID RELIEF IN INDIA DUE TO THE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES SMALLER TIBETAN COMMUNITIES WERE FACING. IN JUNE, UTA PARTICIPATED IN THE LIVING TRADITIONS FESTIVAL WHICH PROVIDES LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO RAISE FUNDS BY SELLING FOOD AND SHOWCASING OUR CULTURE. UTA SERVED TIBETAN FOOD TO HUNDREDS OF FESTIVAL ATTENDEES WITH THE HELP OF APPROXIMATELY 80 VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR OWN COMMUNITY. THOUGH THE FESTIVAL WAS SHORTENED TO ONLY ONE DAY, IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO SEE THE DIVERSITY ONCE AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE SALT LAKE AREA. WE ALSO SUBMITTED A VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO THE SALT LAKE ARTS COUNCIL. UTA ALSO RECEIVED THE CATALYST SMALL BUSINESS GRANT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS MUCH NEEDED TO HELP WITH THE UPKEEP OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER. IN JULY, UTA ORGANIZED A CELEBRATION FOR HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA'S 86TH BIRTHDAY AT A LOCAL PARK WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 ATTENDEES. THE EVENT HAD FOOD, CULTURAL DANCES AND GAMES FOR THE FAMILIES. PRAYERS WERE ALSO HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE IN HONOR OF HHDL'S BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST, UTA ORGANIZED A TRIP TO THE TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS IN MONTANA FOR THE ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE PRAYERS AND VOLUNTEERED TO CLEAN THE GROUNDS. IN SEPTEMBER, UTA HOSTED THE NORTH AMERICA TIBETAN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERSHIP FROM VARIOUS STATES WITH TIBETAN COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OF THE TIBETAN MEMBERS AND MAKE PLANS TO HELP FURTHER THE TIBETAN CAUSE. THE CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND A ONE FROM INDIA. TIBETAN DEMOCRACY DAY WAS ALSO CELEBRATED DURING THE CONFERENCE WHICH PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LEADERSHIP FROM OTHER STATES TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THE CELEBRATION BECAME THE LARGEST GATHERING FOR OUR COMMUNITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. IN OCTOBER, UTA ORGANIZED CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CELEBRATION WITH FOOD, GAMES AND DISCUSSIONS OF IMPORTANT TOPICS CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITY. IN DECEMBER, UTA ORGANIZED THE CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF HHDL RECEIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WITH FOOD, GAMES AND CULTURAL DANCES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENTS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C NO ONE AT BOARD MEETINGS OR SERVING AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBER CAN BE RELATED TO EACH OTHER. NO BUSINESS, RESOURCE, OR MONEY CAN BE EXCHANGED ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY WITH RELATIVES RELATED TO THOSE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. TRUSTEES CANNOT RECEIVE RESOURCES OR MONIES WHILE SERVING ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS MUST BE DISCLOSED AS THEY BECOME KNOWN TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A ALL COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF ANY KIND ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. COMPENSATION OVER A 12-MONTH PERIOD, IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTEER STIPENDS, WILL NOT EXCEED 299 TO COVER THINGS LIKE: FUEL, SPEAKER FEES; EDUCATIONAL OR CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS. AT PRESENT, AND IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THERE ARE NO FUNDED EMPLOYEE POSITIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B ALL COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF ANY KIND ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. COMPENSATION OVER A 12-MONTH PERIOD, IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTEER STIPENDS, WILL NOT EXCEED 299 TO COVER THINGS LIKE: FUEL, SPEAKER FEES; EDUCATIONAL OR CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS. AT PRESENT, AND IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THERE ARE NO FUNDED EMPLOYEE POSITIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 COPIES OF THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICES.