2018-01-09T09:51:12-00:00 2017-06-30 Sawyer LLC 1310 MASS MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247 990 2016-07-01 262852923 Buddhist Global Relief BUDD 2018959977 55 Pease Terrace Lee MA 01238 W David Braughton Treasurer 2018-01-09 true Billie Jo Sawyer 4136646777 2018-01-09 74.76.237.173 2018-01-09 14:49:27 ES P 450C62175C9847CE4B991860F32F8510A0C088FC 00B22DD1836D31A18D62901938D60334FFD7817A 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Thomas J Spies 55 Pease Terrace Lee MA 01238 655485 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. 12 12 1 100 0 589406 627664 0 -118 153 9520 589288 637337 649785 600668 0 29842 6807 5284 63189 37066 62669 693658 698463 -104370 -61126 174452 78468 124270 89412 50182 -10944 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 55150 55150 BGR Awards a 55,150 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 permenant 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, equipment and supplies including classroom supplies, computers, a water pump for a recently constructed kindergarten thru eighth grade school in the heart of Tipias Kazo neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti which educates approximately 255 students per year. 485018 485018 600668 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 3 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false 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 X Bhikkhu Bodhi Chairman 005.00 X X 0 0 0 Charles Elliott Director 002.00 X 0 0 0 George Clapp Director 006.00 X 0 0 0 Allen Fu Director 001.00 X 0 0 0 Marcie Barth Director 001.00 X 0 0 0 Sylvie Sun Director 006.00 X 0 0 0 Patricia Price Director 004.00 X 0 0 0 W David Braughton Vice Chairman Treasurer 002.00 X X 0 0 0 Thomas Moritz Director 001.20 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 27500 0 0 27500 false false false 12126 107300 508238 11153 627664 167 167 9398 9412 -14 -14 18256 107300 8736 9520 637337 167 371112 371112 0 229556 229556 0 27500 13750 13750 0 0 0 0 2342 1171 1171 0 0 11000 11000 0 5284 5284 0 996 996 7142 7142 0 3501 1783 1718 0 0 2639 1498 1141 0 0 0 0 0 1382 893 489 Registration and filing fees 9240 53 9187 Bank charges 7151 2516 4635 Printing 4182 637 3545 Rental Equipment 786 786 14650 309 14341 698463 600668 34606 63189 115104 20529 58250 55579 1098 479 1881 174452 78468 122000 82150 2270 7262 124270 89412 X 50182 -11344 400 50182 -10944 174452 78468 -61126 X false true X true false X 0 0.00000 357555 378243 543613 588301 627664 2495376 12492 3427 1105 18256 35280 357555 390735 547040 589406 645920 2530656 2530656 827 69 260 190 167 1513 0 827 69 260 190 167 1513 0 0 358382 390804 547300 589596 646087 2532169 0.99940 0.99950 0.00060 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 698463 698463 129769 32442 I-A 1 None II-A Explanation of Four Year Averaging - No lobbying expenses incurred for 2013 through 2016 false Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes Credit Card Payable 5129 Payroll Taxes Payable 2133 7262 X 637337 637337 637337 698463 698463 698463 X 2 The Organization adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board FASB Accounting Standard Codification 740 effective January 1, 2009. For the years ended June 30, 2016 and 2015. 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 55014 South Asia Grants to recipients 152650 Sub-Saharan Africa Grants to recipients 21892 229556 229556 South Asia Childrens Education 55150 Wire Transfer South Asia Womens Education and Training 30500 Wire Transfer South Asia Community Food Relief 12000 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Vocational Training Women 10545 Wire Transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Childrens Education 11347 Wire Transfer South Asia Vocational Training Women 10000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Community Farm Development 10014 Wire Transfer South Asia Womens Education 10000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Community Food Relief 5000 Wire Transfer South Asia Emergency Landslide Relief 5000 Wire Transfer South Asia Emergency Relief-Flood 5000 Wire Transfer South Asia Community Farm Development 20000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Community Farm Development 10000 Wire Transfer East Asia and the Pacific Community Food Relief 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 Childrens Education 5000 Wire Transfer 17 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 Quarterly or biannual report of the projects progress is required. 3. Upon project completion a grant final report is submitted explaining how funds were used, and noting the success and challenges encountered, including related to human interest stories and photos. Walk to feed hunger 107300 107300 Climate March 12270 12270 6425 2 5986 5986 1357 27 750 177 125556 107300 18256 7782 27 750 177 8736 9520 true What If Foundation 1569 Solano Avenue no 192 Berkeley CA 94707 912121669 30000 Childrens Education Arts Creation Foundation for Children 4020 South 57th Avenue Lake Worth FL 33463 651196151 10000 Childrens Education Burma Humanitarian Mission 2985 S 800 E Salt Lake UT 84106 263268421 9021 Childrens Education CARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta GA 30303 131685039 10000 Famine Relief-East Africa CARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta GA 30303 131685039 5000 Emergency Relief-Hurrican Matt CARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta GA 30303 131685039 10000 Emergency Relief- Syrian Refugees Ecology Action 5798 Ridgewood Road Willits CA 95490 941733259 12905 Community Farm Development Helen Keller International 352 Park Avenue S New York NY 10010 135562162 10000 Maternal/Child Nutrition Helen Keller International 352 Park Avenue S New York NY 10010 135562162 30000 Maternal/Child Nutrition Helen Keller International 352 Park Avenue S New York NY 10010 135562162 10000 Community Farm Development Joan Rose Foundation 432 S Washington No 1703 Royal Oak MI 48067 273057377 10000 Childrens Education Keep Growing Detroit 76 East Forest Avenue Detroit MI 48201 800892277 7000 Community Farm Development Lotus Outreach International 1104 N Signal Street Ojai CA 93023 800013909 25000 Womens Education My Good Deed 911 Day 5151 California Avenue Suite 100 Irvine CA 92617 450491886 5000 Community Food Relief North County Mission of Hope 239 New York Road Plattsburgy NY 12903 100000800 21078 Womens Education Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street 5th floor Boston MA 02114 237069110 10000 Famine Relief-East Africa Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02114 237069110 5000 Emergency Relief-Syrian Refugees Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02114 237069110 20000 Community Farm Development Sarvodoya USA 1127 University Avenue Madison WI 53715 133358148 7000 Emergency Relief-Sri Lanka Flood Trees That Feed 1200 Hill Road Winnetka IL 60093 262780427 10000 Community Farm Development What If Foundation 1563 Solano Avenue Berkeley CA 94707 912121669 20000 Community Food Relief What if Foudation 1563 Solano Avenue Berkeley CA 94707 912121669 5000 Emergency Relief- Hurrican Matt World Food Program USA 1725 I Street NW Washington DC 20006 133843435 20000 Famine Relief - East Africa World Food Program USA 1725 I Street NW Wasington DC 20006 133843435 5000 Emergency Relief - Syrian Refugees Lotus Outreach International 1104 N Signal Street Ojai CA 93023 800013909 25098 Womens Education Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street 5th Flr Boston MA 02114 237069110 25000 Community Farm Development 26 Part III Line Part IV Addtional information - See Schedule F, Part V Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 485,018, Grants and allocations 485,018, Revenue 0 BGR has made grants to various partner organizations for 1 Emergency relief to women children in prisons in Cambodia flood victims in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh refugees from Syria Hurrican Matthew victims and for East African famine victims 2 Programs to promote economic and social empowerment of women through access to vocational training and sustainable livelihoods in Cameroon, India, Nicaragua, and Sri Lanks, 3 Assistance to organizations providing meals and nutritional education to the homeless and poor in communities in the United States, Bangladesh, Cote dIvoire, Kenya, Cambodia, and Haiti 4 Community farm development with instruction on sustainable and ecological farming methods to provide increased yields and self empowerment in Haiti, Malawi, Viet Nam, Camboida, United States, Jamaica, Kenya, Sudan, and India 5 Childrens education programs in Cameroon, Haiti, India, Bangladesh, Thailand Burmese Regugees and Viet Nam, and education programs specifically for women and girls vulnerable to being forced into the sex trade in Cambodi and Nicaragua Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Organizations process to review the form 990. 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