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Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America Inc at a glance

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Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$539k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.7MPhilanthropy$675kEducation$391kSocial Science$84kArts & Culture$18kInternational$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$12,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION$300,000
UCHICAGO DIVINITY SCHOOL$65,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$50,000
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$40,000
INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES$33,143
Individual grant recipient$30,000
OPEN MIND FOUNDATION$12,000
AMERICAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTER$5,000
IASBS$3,000
JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CA$500
Individual grant recipient$300
Individual grant recipient$200
PUBLISHING PROFESSIONAL NETWORK$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UA FOUNDATIONCENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES: $5k → 15%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $15k → 10%JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $500 → 10%JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUMS: $3k → 14%FRESNO BETSUIN BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $2k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS: $10k → 9%AMERICAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTER: $5k → 17%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%NAROPA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY: $1.0M → 14%EKOJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $93k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN: $1k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS: $2k → 9%AMERICAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTER: $5k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY: $470k → 14%EKOJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE: $92k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%BCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $375k → 10%UCHICAGO DIVINITY SCHOOL: $65k → 14%EKOJI BUDDIST TEMPLE: $91k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%BCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $300k → 10%BUDDHIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA: $15k → 10%EKOJI BUDDIST TEMPLE: $90k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $70k → 10%EKOJI BUDDIST TEMPLE: $85k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%BUDDHIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA: $1k → 10%EKOJI BUDDIST TEMPLE: $33k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%EKOJI BUDDIST TEMPLE: $30k → 6%OPEN MIND FOUNDATION: $12k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $33k → 10%INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $33k → 10%INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $28k → 10%INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $27k → 10%INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST SUDIES: $23k → 10%INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $23k → 10%BUDDHIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA: $21k → 10%IASBS: $3k → 10%JODO SHINSHU CENTER: $700 → 10%UC REGENTS: $25k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
HI
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 15 repeat orgs$183k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$3.2M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+41%

Still filing today

20%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.5M
  • BE
    BCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $675k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    5× · 2020–2024 · $329k

Funded once

  • UR
    UC REGENTS
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • BC
    BUDDHIST CHURCHES OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $21k
  • UF
    UA FOUNDATIONCENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
International Buddhist Education Foundation
Education
2
The Institute of Buddha Dhamma Studies a Non Profit Corporation
Philanthropy
3
Soka University of America

The mission of soka university of america is to foster a steady stream of global citizens committed to living a contributive life. continued on schedule o.

Education
4
World Buddhism Association

Promote and facilitate the study of Buddhism.

Religion
5
United Buddhist Foundation

1. Our website is continually updated with modern technology and provides tools to support Buddhist study and research. All of our sutra translations are freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection. 2. The Buddhist books for…

Religion
6
Maida Center of Buddhism
Religion
7
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
8
The University of British Columbia

Pursuing excellence in research learning and engagement to foster global citizenship and advance a sustainable and just society across British Columbia Canada and the world.

Education
9
National University

To deliver accessible world-class student experiences by providing quality programs and services that ensure student success through meaningful learning. to be an inclusive and innovative university serving life-long learners who…

Education
10
Princeton University Press

Our fundamental mission is to bring scholarly ideas to the world. we publish books that connect authors and readers across spheres of knowledge to advance and enrich the human conversation. we embrace the highest standards in our…

Arts & Culture
11
Science for Monks
Science & Tech
12
Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Drawing on the traditions of Engaged Buddhism, BPF strengthens the inherent connections between movement organizing and spiritual practice in three critical ways: 1) We offer spiritual support for people engaged in social, environmental,…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Institute of Buddhist Studies; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Moraga Public Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY: $1,500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITYBCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $675,000 · OtherBCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $329,070 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $230,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $185,791 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+26 more: $310,364 · Other+26 moreINSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $166,667 · Education+2 more: $2,500 · EducationAMERICAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTER INC: $10,000 · ReligionTHE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $500 · International
Other$3,230,225Education$169,167Religion$10,000International$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES: $166,667 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNaropa University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF BUDDHIST STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BUDDHIST STUDY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Naropa University ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Publishing Professionals Network ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Moraga Public Library ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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