2019-01-24T03:14:42-00:00 2018-06-30 Sawyer LLC 1310 MASS MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247 990 2017-07-01 262852923 Buddhist Global Relief BUDD 2018959977 55 Pease Terrace Lee MA 01238 W David Braughton Vice Chairman 2019-01-24 true Billie Jo Sawyer 4136646777 2019-01-24 74.76.225.15 2019-01-24 18:51:31 ES P 41E02B187894F751AA47031065D74DC8C80B961F 4D2B61E30C6618403C5E4790266281A9E671ADE9 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z Thomas J Spies 55 Pease Terrace Lee MA 01238 744473 false X www.buddhistglobalrelief.org X 2008 NJ To alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression through direct aid, economic and technical assistance, education and other forms of charitable assistance to people in need throughout the world. 10 10 1 100 0 627664 712018 0 153 154 9520 5860 637337 718032 600668 592762 0 29842 32544 0 59753 67953 56937 698463 682243 -61126 35789 78468 92067 89412 67222 -10944 24845 X To alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression through direct aid, economic and technical assistance, education and other forms of charitable assistance to people in need throughout the world. false false 50000 50000 BGR awarded a 50,000 grant to Moanoghar for the construction of a dormitory to provide shelter to children of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh affected by conflict or living in remote areas of the country. The grant will sponsor the construction of a three-story building with each floor providing accomodation to 40 children. It will be built from bricks on a solid foundation. When the building is complete, it will accomodate 120 children in total - a permanent solution to the problem of accomodation for the students. 30500 30500 BGR awarded 30,500 grant to Bodhicitta Foundation. A portion of the grant sponsors the education training of 30 teenage girls, providing school fees, clothes, shelter, books all their other expenses. The girls come from some of the poorest regions in India, are in danger of child marriage or unable to finish high school university due to poverty, are being instructed in nursing, social work, law as well as in job training so they can become agents of change help others when they return to their villages. A portion of the grant supports a womens social services center benefiting roughly 2,000 people per year that offers legal help to women facing divorce, domestic violence, land disputes as well as job training to poor women in sewing, computers, English, beauty therapies, so on. The legal services is offered for free by the previous batch of girls trained as lawyers social workers. A portion of the grant supports a food program 6,000 meals per year for undernourished slum children, youth groups, counseling, health and human rights workshops, interventions. 30000 30000 BGR awarded a 30,000 grant to What if Foundation to help provide educational staff and classroom supplies for a recently constructed kindergarten thru eighth grade school in the heart of Tiplas Kazo neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti which educates approximately 294 students per year. 484364 482262 594864 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false true true false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 1 true false false false false false true true false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false AL AZ CA CT FL GA HI IL KS KY MA MD OH X X Thomas J Spies 2018959977 55 Pease Terrace Lee MA 01238 Bhikkhu Bodhi Chairman 005.00 X X 0 0 0 Charles Elliott Director 001.50 X 0 0 0 George Clapp Director 004.00 X 0 0 0 Marcie Barth Secretary 000.70 X X 0 0 0 Sylvie Sun Director 006.00 X 0 0 0 Patricia Price Director 003.00 X 0 0 0 W David Braughton Vice Chairman Treasurer 004.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Roehm Director 002.50 X 0 0 0 Ayya Santussika Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 Daniel Blake Director 003.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Behan Program Director 025.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas J Spies Executive Director 030.00 X 30000 0 0 30000 false false false 14378 109199 588441 24112 712018 198 198 22735 22779 -44 -44 9522 109199 3662 5860 718032 198 386277 386277 0 206485 206485 0 30000 15000 15000 0 0 0 0 2544 1272 1272 1000 1000 0 8000 8000 0 0 0 6054 6054 0 2227 980 1247 0 0 1352 98 492 762 0 1004 1004 0 0 0 2141 894 1247 Registration and filing fees 7668 128 7540 Bank charges and Processing fees 9277 759 8518 Printing 3972 47 3925 Rental Equipment 500 500 13742 54 13688 682243 594864 27626 59753 20529 74864 55579 12606 479 3572 1881 1025 78468 92067 82150 50000 7262 17222 89412 67222 X -11344 24845 400 -10944 24845 78468 92067 35789 X false true X true false X 0 0.00000 378243 543613 588301 627664 712018 2849839 12492 3427 1105 18256 9522 44802 390735 547040 589406 645920 721540 2894641 2894641 69 260 190 167 198 884 0 69 260 190 167 198 884 0 0 390804 547300 589596 646087 721738 2895525 0.99970 0.99940 0.00030 0.00060 X 682243 682243 127336 31834 false Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes Credit Card Payable 15117 Payroll Taxes Payable 1833 Other Payable 272 17222 X 718032 718032 718032 682243 682243 682243 X 2 The Organization adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board FASB Accounting Standard Codification 740 effective January 1, 2009. For the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Organization has determined it did not have a material tax liability for uncertain tax positions. true East Asia and the Pacific Grants to recipients 52326 South Asia Grants to recipients 122794 Sub-Saharan Africa Grants to recipients 21365 South America Grants to recipents 10000 206485 206485 South Asia Childrens Education 50000 Wire Transfer South Asia Womens Educ/Training 30500 Wire Transfer South America Commun Farm Dev 10000 Wire Transfer South Asia Commun Food Relief 12000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Vocat Train Women 11365 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Childrens Education 10000 Wire Transfer South Asia Vocat Train Women 10294 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Commun Farm Dev 10026 Wire Transfer South Asia Commun Farm Dev 12300 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Commun Farm Dev 10000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Childrens Education 10000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Childrens Education 10000 Wire Transfer South Asia Commun Farm Dev 20000 Wire Transfer 13 false false false false false false Part I Line 2 All Grantees are required to submit a detailed application indicating its legitimacy, financial history, references, and layout of how funds are to be used. 1. Within 30 days, the recipient organization must send a letter to Buddhist Global Relief confirming receipt of funds. 2. A biannual report of the projects progress is required. 2. Upon project completion a grant final report is submitted explaining how funds were used, and noting the successes and challenges encountered, including related human interest stories and photos. Walk to feed hunger 109199 109199 Concert 6105 6105 500 350 1 3417 3417 2812 118721 109199 9522 3312 350 3662 5860 true What If Foundation 1569 Solano Avenue no 192 Berkeley CA 94707 912121669 30000 Childrens Education Action Against Hunger USA 1 Whitehall St New York NY 10004 133327220 20000 Commun Farm Dev. Arts Creation Foundation for Children 6346-65 Lantana Rd no 137 Lake Worth FL 33463 651196151 10000 Childrens Education Burma Humanitarian Mission 2985 S 800 E Salt Lake City UT 84106 263268421 9105 Childrens Education Ecology Action 5798 Ridgewood Rd Willits CA 95490 941733299 6250 Commun Farm Dev. Ecology Action 5798 Ridgewood Rd Willits CA 95490 941733299 6250 Commun Farm Dev. Ecology Action 5798 Ridgewood Rd Willits CA 95490 941733299 7500 Commun Farm Dev. Helen Keller International One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Floor 2 New York NY 10010 135562162 17000 Maternal/Child Nutrition Helen Keller International One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Floor 2 New York NY 10010 135562162 30000 Maternal/Child Nutrition Helen Keller International One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Floor 2 New York NY 10010 135562162 10000 Commun Farm Dev. Jamyang Foundation 5998 Alcala Pk San Diego CA 92110 330386414 10000 Womens Education Joan Rose Foundation 432 S Washington no 1703 Royal Oak MI 48067 273057377 10000 Childrens Education Keep Growing Detroit 1445 Adelaide St Detroit MI 48207 800892277 7000 Commun Farm Dev. Lotus Outreach International 1104 N Signal St Ojai CA 93023 800013909 25000 Womens Education Lotus Outreach International 1104 N Signal St Ojai CA 93023 800013909 25000 Womens Education Lotus Outreach International 1104 N Signal St Ojai CA 93023 800013909 5022 Childrens Education North Country Mission of Hope 3452 NY 22 Peru NY 12972 100000800 20300 Womens Education Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02114 237069110 25000 Commun Farm Dev. Reciprocity Foundation 151 W 19th Street New York NY 10011 201959280 10000 Commun Food Relief Trees that Feed 1200 Hill Road Winnetka IL 60093 262780427 10000 Childrens Education What If Foundation Haiti Lamanjay Food Program 1569 Solano Avenue no 192 Berkeley CA 94707 912121669 20000 Commun Food Relief World Food Progran 1725 I Street NW no 510 Washington DC 20006 133843435 14000 Rohingya Refugee Relief World Food Progran 1725 I Street NW no 510 Washington DC 20006 133843435 9000 Famine Relief - Yemen 23 Part I Line 2 Additional information - See Schedule F, Part V Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 484,364, Grants and allocations 482,262, Revenue 0 BGR has made grants to various partner organizations for 1Emergency relief for a flood and landslide victims in Bangladesh, b hurricane victims in Houston and Puerto Rico, USA c famine victims in South Sudan, and d refugees from Syria 2Programs to promote economic and social empowerment of women through access to vocational training and sustainable livelihoods in Cameroon, Cote dIvoire, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, and Sri Lanka, 3Assistance to organizations providing meals and nutritional education to the homeless and poor in communities in Bangladesh, the United States, Haiti, and Vietnam 4Community farm development with instruction on sustainable and ecological farming methods to provide increased yields self empowerment in Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Peru, Sudan, South Darfur, United States, and Vietnam, 5 Childrens education programs in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Haiti, Mongolia, Thailand Burmese Refugees and Viet Nam, and education programs specifically for women and girls vulnerable to being forced into the sex trade in Cambodia. 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