Grants for buddhist organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to buddhist nonprofit organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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197 buddhist nonprofit organizations received at least $21.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 152 grants made from 118 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 118 foundations, 85% made just a single grant to buddhist orgs, and 1% made grants to four or more buddhist orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$21,292,040

Total grant dollars given to buddhist organizations

152

Number of grants made annually to buddhist organizations

118

Number of grantmakers funding buddhist organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to buddhist organizations

Foundations that support buddhist nonprofit organizations

Out of all grants made to buddhist organizations, 79% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 99% of the dollar-value of grants to buddhist orgs. Foundations funding buddhist orgs also made grants to religious organizations, international humanitarian organizations, christian organizations, multiservice human service organizations, and food distribution programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	94
Medium	6
Large	18

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	4
Private	94
Corporate	12
Other	8

Grants made

Grants made to buddhist orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	101
2-3	15
4-10	2
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting buddhist nonprofit organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to buddhist orgs	Number of grants made to buddhist orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	10	$361
Chintamani Foundation	CA	State	2.9%	6	$105
Timely Rain	CO	Metro	12.7%	3	$4,500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	3	$3,100
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	3	$1,000
Chor Chai Marie and Gregory Tan Family Foundation	CA	Metro	13.1%	3	$2,500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	3	$1,500
Dhanakosha Foundation	CA	Metro	18.2%	2	$5,000
Maine Community Foundation	ME	State	0.0%	2	$5,000
Fongs 2014 Family Foundation	TX	Metro	32.1%	2	$2,500

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Buddhist nonprofit organizations grantees

Buddhist organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 0% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 0% of all buddhist orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	151
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	1

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,150
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$573
>$5M	n/a

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	65
New York	13
New Jersey	7
Florida	7
Other	60

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Los Angeles	29
San Francisco	21
New York City	16
San Jose	8
Other	66

Top 25 grants made to buddhist organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Sabuy Temple - Khmer Buddhist Temple Foundation	$21,020,835	Religion	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Sambuddhaloka Buddhist Vihara	$5,000	Best Use.	Spruce Street Foundation
Yeru Bon Center	$5,000	To Help Fund the Recipients Operating Budget	De La Cour Family Foundation
Won Buddhism of America	$5,000	Matching Grants	Abbvie Foundation
Sunyata Meditation Association of Texas	$5,000	MG	Shell Oil Company Foundation
Insight Meditation Community of Washington	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	The Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation
Touch the World Ministries	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	The Chrinian Family Foundation
Heart Essence Sangha	$5,000	Manjushri Education Project	Dhanakosha Foundation
Light of Berotsana	$5,000	General	Dhanakosha Foundation
Wat Padhammachart	$5,000	Promote Buddhist Religion	The Walmilly Foundation
Khmer Rescue Mission of Washington (KRM)	$5,000	Emergency Food and Other Relief for Families in Cambodia	The Family Home Foundation
Budhist Temple Meditation Cent	$5,000	Religious Organization	Maine Community Foundation
Wat Mongkolratanaram	$5,000	Religious Organization	Maine Community Foundation
Dhamma Wheel Meditation Society	$5,000	Operating Purposes	SSS Foundation
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation	$5,000	Charitable Donation	Teresa and Stephen Family Foundation
Blackstone Valley Emergency Food Center	$5,000	Blackstone Valley's Food Programs	The Rhode Island Foundation
Cancer Association of Darke County	$5,000	Operating Expenses	Harry D Stephens Memorial
Open Gate Sangha	$5,000	Board Discretion	Michael S Engl Family Foundation
Jewish School of Miami Corporation	$5,000	General Support To Carry Out the Mission of the Organization	Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Kadampa Meditation Center New York	$5,000	General Fund	The Blueflash Foundation
The Southern Palm Zen Group	$5,000	General Support	Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties
Clouds in Water Zen Center	$5,000	Unrestricted Grant	Meyer J and Norma L Ragir Foundation
Cancer Association of Darke County	$5,000	Help Clients With Transportation	Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund
Sakyong Foundation	$5,000	Religious Purposes	Timely Rain
Dharmakaya Buddhist Center of Reno	$5,000	Religious Organization	Ronald L Olson Charitable Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Buddhist organizations" category for this page is determined by the "X50: Buddhist" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.