TIBETAN NUNS PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: TIBETAN NUNS PROJECT (EIN 68-0327175)
Tax period: 2025-04-01 to 2026-03-31
Filed: 2026-08-09
IRS object ID: 202612229349301961
Schema version: 2025v4.0
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	2026-08-09T18:45:47-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2026-03-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-04-01	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	2026-08-09	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	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	$2,551,509	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	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	8	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	10	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,520,253	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,237,046	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$166,659	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$182,835	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$69,442	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$98,433	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,756,354	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,518,314	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,070,090	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,016,654	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$272,000	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$286,902	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$157,860	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$185,785	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$197,912	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,527,875	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,501,468	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$228,479	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,016,846	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,174,186	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$5,334,596	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$15,390	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$18,304	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,158,796	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,316,292	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	$1,102,338	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,016,654	GrantAmt
Revenue	$2,518,314	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	$1,102,338	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	Yes (1)	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	1	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
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	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	8	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 (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd
Lisa Farmer
Executive Director	40	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$122,753	$0	$13,501
Robin Groth
Director	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Dechen Tsering
Director	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Jalene Szuba
Director	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Frederica Lofquist
Director	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Elizabeth Napper
Chair	15				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Tseten Phanucharas
Vice Chair	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Steve Wilhelm
Secretary	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Elizabeth Goldblatt
Treasurer	0.5				$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$122,753	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$13,501	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	$2,237,046	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,237,046	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$182,835	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$182,835	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	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	$131,628	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$33,195	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$98,433	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$98,433	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	$2,518,314	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$281,268	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	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	$1,016,654	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,016,654	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	$140,681	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,136	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,204	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$70,341	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	$113,905	TotalAmt
Program Services	$45,562	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$60,749	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,594	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,364	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,346	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,794	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$224	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,137	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,406	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$676	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,815	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,585	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,937	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,293	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	$1,539	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,539	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	$49,922	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,578	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$39,344	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,764	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,205	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,559	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,917	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,242	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,675	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	$11,983	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,983	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,334	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,334	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	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	$4,901	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,901	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Postage	$29,004	$0	$5,850	$23,154
Communications	$2,837	$0	$2,837	$0
Banking and merchant fees	$61,683	$0	$61,683	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,028	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,028	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,501,468	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,102,338	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$241,270	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$157,860	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	$184,030	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,216	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$976,831	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,112,921	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	$26,039	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,276	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	$2,986,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,188,186	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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,174,186	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,334,596	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,390	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,304	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	$15,390	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,304	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	$1,186,342	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,139,706	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,972,454	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,176,586	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,158,796	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,316,292	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,174,186	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,334,596	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,016,846	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$140,650	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	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
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	$1,652,749	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,319,603	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,169,768	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,520,253	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,237,046	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,899,419	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	$1,652,749	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,319,603	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,169,768	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,520,253	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,237,046	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,899,419	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,992,998	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$6,906,421	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$19,656	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$52,049	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$120,929	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$166,659	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$182,835	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$542,128	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
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
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$9,441,547	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.73149	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.75752	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	$2,463,379	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$637,015	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$257,080	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$29,979	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$3,327,495	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,990,975	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$338,828	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$155,907	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$0	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$0	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$22,331	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$2,463,379	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

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
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,658,964	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$140,650	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants	$0	RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue	$0	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$140,650	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,518,314	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$0	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,518,314	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,501,468	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments	$0	PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported	$0	LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included	$0	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$1,501,468	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$0	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$0	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,501,468	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

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	Yes (1)	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	$1,016,654	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent	$1,016,654	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	$1,016,654	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	0	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 $128,500 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.