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Khyentse Foundation
KHYENTSE FOUNDATION is a nonprofit organization incorporated in the state of washington, usa, in november, 2001. Founded by dzongsar khyentse rinpoche, the foundation aims to preserve and share the buddha's wisdom with everyone. Primarily a funding institution, the mostly volunteer organization is constantly growing and evolving, shaped…
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $699,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $53M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Khyentse Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $1.5M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.7M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $1.7M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.5M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $2.6M | 56% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $2.1M | 47% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $926k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $4.1M | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Way School | $4,069,728 | 7 | 96% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,510,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) | $2,330,756 | 5 | n/a |
| Buddhist Digital Resource Center Inc | $1,703,923 | 4 | 33% |
| Middle Way Education | $1,023,553 | 7 | 100% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center | $814,962 | 6 | n/a |
| The Asian Classics Input Project Inc | $670,823 | 3 | 25% |
| Light of Buddhadharma Foundation International | $342,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $309,854 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Way School | $4,069,728 | 7 | 96% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $2,510,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) | $2,330,756 | 5 | n/a |
| Buddhist Digital Resource Center Inc | $1,703,923 | 4 | 33% |
| Middle Way Education | $1,023,553 | 7 | 100% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center | $814,962 | 6 | n/a |
| The Asian Classics Input Project Inc | $670,823 | 3 | 25% |
| Light of Buddhadharma Foundation International | $342,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $309,854 | 8 | 0% |
| 84000 | $300,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Rangjung Yeshe Institute Foundation Inc | $201,516 | 2 | 10% |
| Naropa University | $150,054 | 4 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $136,870 | 6 | 0% |
| Khmer-Buddhist Educational Assistance Project (Keap) | $117,558 | 3 | 37% |
| University of Arizona | $113,809 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $59,391 | 2 | n/a |
| Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California | $46,954 | 1 | n/a |
| Dharma Bums | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Khyentse Foundation | $38,322 | 3 | 0% |
| Himalayan Art Resources Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Dharma Gates Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Vidyadhara Foundation | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Washington Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Siddharthas Intent-Western Door | $24,812 | 2 | n/a |
| Duke University | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 6% |
| One Love Prison Meditation Project Inc | $20,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Tools for Peace | $20,000 | 1 | 40% |
| San Francisco Zen Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lotus Treasure | $15,500 | 1 | 24% |
| Zen Meditation Center of New Orleans | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Himalayan Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Abiding Heart Education | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshede Buddhist Culture Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buddhist Insights Meditation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $14,444 | 1 | n/a |
| Engaged Buddhist Alliance | $12,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Treasury of Lives | $12,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Yongey Foundation | $11,106 | 1 | 1% |
| American Academy of Religion Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samadhi Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Sakyadhita | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dilgo Khyentse Fellowship | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shambhala USA | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Buddhist Editorial Inc | $7,245 | 1 | n/a |
| Upaya Organization for Contemplative Activities | $6,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Terma Foundation | $5,100 | 1 | 5% |
Where it is load-bearing
Khyentse Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Khyentse Foundation
- How much does Khyentse Foundation give?
- Khyentse Foundation reported 20 itemized grants totaling $1,657,610, out of $6,719,669 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Khyentse Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (25%), Health (15%).
- Who are Khyentse Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Middle Way School ($4.1M), Regents of the University of Michigan ($2.5M), Buddhist Digital Resource Center (Bdrc) ($2.3M).
- Does Khyentse Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Khyentse Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, Network for Good, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Khyentse Foundation based?
- Khyentse Foundation is based in CA.
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