SAMYE MEMORIAL INTL BUDDHISM FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: SAMYE MEMORIAL INTL BUDDHISM FOUNDATION (EIN 77-0576772)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-03-09
IRS object ID: 202100689349301600
Schema version: 2020v4.0
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 M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-03-09T14:28:16-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	942539211	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Harrison Accounting Group Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	39355 California Street Ste 301	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fremont	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94538	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	770576772	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Samye Memorial Intl Buddhism Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SAMY	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4087378988	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1210 East Arques Ave 216	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sunnyvale	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94085	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JESSICA Y WANG	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2021-03-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	JESSICA Y	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	WANG	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Michelle Sun	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00444060	PTIN
Phone	5107934323	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1210 East Arques Ave 216	AddressLine1Txt
City	Sunnyvale	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	940855401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,079,175	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.SAMYEFOUNDATION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2001	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE TIBET'S UNIQUE BUDDHISM HERITAGE AND TO FACILITATE AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE US, TIBET AND NEPAL. WE STRIVE TO CREATE A GLOBAL NETWORK TO PROMULGATE BUDDHA'S DHARMA TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS TO ESTABLISH A RESOURCE INTEGRATION PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHA'S VISION OF WISDOM AND COMPASSION.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$338,572	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,032,145	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$10,640	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,251	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$349,212	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,040,396	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$290,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$500,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$77,387	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$86,120	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$67,535	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$47,810	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$434,922	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$633,930	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$85,710	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$406,466	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,233,458	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,639,924	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,233,458	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,639,924	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE TIBET'S UNIQUE BUDDHISM HERITAGE AND TO FACILITATE AN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE US, TIBET AND NEPAL. WE STRIVE TO CREATE A GLOBAL NETWORK TO PROMULGATE BUDDHA'S DHARMA TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS TO ESTABLISH A RESOURCE INTEGRATION PLATFORM THAT SUPPORTS INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF BUDDHA'S VISION OF WISDOM AND COMPASSION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$594,684	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$500,000	GrantAmt
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TRAINING AND EDUCATION FUNDS FOR THE SAMYE MEMORIAL BUDDHIST VIHARA, THE SAMYE MEMORIAL BUDDHIST NUNNERY VIHARA, SAMYE MEMORIAL MONASTERY, SAMYE MEMORIAL BUDDHIST FOUNDATION AND DUDJOM NEW TREASURER ASSOCIATION. SMIBF SPONSORS A NINE-YEAR BUDDHISM EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR TALENTED ASPIRING YOUTH IN NEPAL AND INDIA. CLOSE TO 1,000 STUDENTS, MONKS, AND NUNS CAN RELY ON THE SUPPORT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY SMIBF DONORS FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING FOOD, ROBES, TEXTS, MEDICAL CARE, AND FREE TUITION. THE INSTITUTION PROVIDES THE NECESSARY TRAINING FOR YOUNG LAMAS TO ENSURE THAT BUDDHISM'S ACADEMIC TRADITION CONTINUES. THE ORGANZATOIN ALSO SUPPORTS THE CONSTRUCTION OF DORMS AND CLASSROOM FOR THE MONKS AND NUNS IN NEPAL.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$594,684	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jessica Wang	PersonNm
Phone	5105795166	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1396 CORDELIA AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SAN JOSE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95129	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JESSICA Y WANG
Director & CFO	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TIEN-WEI JEN
Director	10.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HSIU-CHIN WANG
Secretary	6.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHYONG-JI WANG
President & CEO	10.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$1,032,145	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$33,870	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,032,145	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,097	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,097	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$45,933	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$38,779	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$7,154	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,154	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$7,154	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

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

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,040,396	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$8,251	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

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

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$500,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$500,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

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

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$80,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,120	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,120	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,955	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,955	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

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

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

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

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$542	TotalAmt
Management And General	$542	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,381	TotalAmt
Management And General	$24,381	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

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

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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

Interest InterestGrp

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

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,542	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,542	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,508	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,508	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Local Community Center Support	$8,564	$8,564
Utilities	$1,456		$1,456
Payroll Service fees	$612		$612
Bank charge	$250		$250

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$633,930	TotalAmt
Program Services	$594,684	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,246	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$198,968	BOYAmt
EOY	$365,538	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$906,642	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,156,989	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$197,968	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$97,658	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$105,852	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,310	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,996	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,087	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,233,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,639,924	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,233,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,639,924	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,233,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,639,924	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,233,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,639,924	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$406,466	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	$519,370	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$447,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$421,505	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$338,572	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,032,145	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,758,981	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$519,370	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$447,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$421,505	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$338,572	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,032,145	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,758,981	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$631,839	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,127,142	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$871	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$933	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$775	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,817	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,097	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,493	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,764,474	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.76950	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.59250	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$174,538	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$74,228	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$100,310	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$22,278	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$22,278	DepreciationAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,152	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,152	DepreciationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$100,310	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	SOUTH ASIA	RegionTxt
Offices	1	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	REF PART V - ADD'L INFO	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$0	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	1	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Purpose Of Grant	REF PART V	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE TRNSFR	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	SMIBF IS COMMITTED TO STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ARE USED FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S INTENDED CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO FULFILL THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSIONS. SMIBF ESTABLISHES DUE DILIGENCE PROCEDURES FOR SELECTING RECIPIENTS AND MONITORING THE USE OF THE BUDDHIST EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING A FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES, INCLUDING ANNUAL FIELD TOUR OF THE FOREIGN RECIPIENT ORGANIZATIONS TO EVALUATE THEIR CHARITABLE STATUS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	7	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$33,870	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	AFTER CPA PREPARES FORM 990, FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO CFO FOR REVIEW BEFORE IT'S FILED WITH IRS. CFO REVIEWS FORM 990 WITH CPA AND RAISES ANY QUESTIONS, OR ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION. CFO THEN PRESENTS FORM 990 TO THE MANAGEMENT. FORM 990 IS FILED WITH IRS ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE MANAGEMENT.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	SMIBF HAS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ANNUALLY ALL MANAGEMENT TEAM MEMBERS (INCLUDING OFFICES AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS) COMPLETE A DISCLOSURE FORM IDENTIFYING TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WHICH MAY BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MANAGEMENT TEAM MEMBERS REVIEW ALL DISCLOSURES AND DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. A RESOLUTION WILL BE FORMED BY THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, EXCLUDING THE OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	THE SMIBF GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND TAX RETURNS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.