Colorado · Public charity
Pema Chodron Foundation
Support and encouragement of Buddhist monasticism and the Buddhist tradition world-wide, and to manifest the Buddhist vision by providing support and assistance to community-based organizations that serve marginalized populations such as distressed families (especially children and teens), abused individuals, the incarcerated, and drug…
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Pema Chodron Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $1.1M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $718k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $957k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $782k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $889k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $324k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $264k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center | $1,445,784 | 5 | 12% |
| Mangala Shri Bhuti | $1,420,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Homeboy Industries | $310,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Konchok Foundation | $209,629 | 4 | 69% |
| Mahtabe Inc | $188,350 | 5 | 62% |
| Naropa University | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pundarika Foundation | $160,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shedrub Development Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jhamtse International Incorporated | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Tibetan Nuns Project | $90,000 | 5 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Pema Chodron Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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 Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found · The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism · Tess Evans Charitable Foundation · Timely Rain · BESS Family Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Pema Chodron Foundation
- How much does Pema Chodron Foundation give?
- Pema Chodron Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $1,059,431, out of $1,674,285 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Pema Chodron Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (68%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Pema Chodron Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: DRALA MOUNTAIN CENTER Formerly Shambhala Mountain Center ($1.4M), Mangala Shri Bhuti ($1.4M), Homeboy Industries ($310k).
- Does Pema Chodron Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pema Chodron Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found, The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, Tess Evans Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Pema Chodron Foundation based?
- Pema Chodron Foundation is based in CO.
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