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DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE

DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,336 to it, the largest being THE OWSLEY BROWN III PHILANTHROPIC FOUND ($137,538). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$378k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$409k
Net assets
$1.3M
8/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Drepung Gomang Institute does

Mission

As the north american seat of drepung gomang monastery, we offer the region an opportunity to study and practice tibetan buddhism through transformative guided retreats, classes, and teachings; we actively promote awareness of the endangered tibetan culture (see schedule o) and associated human rights issues with commemorations and events, and by hosting the drepung gomang sacred arts tours; we provide louisville a welcoming space and programs relating to the practice of meditation, secular ethics, interfaith dialogue and peacemaking as inspired by his holiness the dalai lama; we are dedicated to engaging compassion in the hearts of the community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Supporting the life and work of our sister organization, drepung gomang monastery in india, including hosting the abbot and other renowned tibetan buddhist teachers, offering retreats and a variety of classes and programs.

    $306,520 spentof which $186,212 as grants$41,579 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  2. Tibetan cultural performances, consisting of presentations done by the monks about tibetan culture, tibetan buddhism, tibet or the monastery in general, and tibetan art.

    $5,682 spent
    2% of program spending
  3. Programs and classes on universal human values in the areas of meditation, compassion expansion, nonviolence education, earth reverence, interfaith dialogue and peacemaking.

    $59,549 spent$21,274 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $371,751.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($431k) Expenses 100 ($316k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 94 ($403k) Expenses 106 ($334k) Net assets 106 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 102 ($439k) Expenses 99 ($314k) Net assets 118 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 97 ($420k) Expenses 119 ($376k) Net assets 122 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 90 ($389k) Expenses 134 ($424k) Net assets 118 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 108 ($467k) Expenses 151 ($478k) Net assets 117 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 88 ($378k) Expenses 134 ($422k) Net assets 113 ($1.3M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (88)Expenses (134)Net assets (113)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.4M (+4%).

$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.4M
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 6% · 2023 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$115k
’18
$69k
’19
$126k
’20
$44k
’21
−$35k
’22
−$10k
’23
−$45k
’24
6.5
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed11121312121012
Joined·+2+2+1+3+0+3
No longer listed·112321
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $29k.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE.

34%
largest funder
71%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 32% · 2019 41% · 2020 35% · 2021 75% · 2022 78% · 2023 53% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

75% of DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

77% of DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

CA
KY
DE
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Kentucky out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 18%Fundraising 12%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Tashi Gomang Dharma Center · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE?
DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE (Kentucky) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,336 to it, the largest being THE OWSLEY BROWN III PHILANTHROPIC FOUND ($137,538). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $409,336 in grants to DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE?
THE OWSLEY BROWN III PHILANTHROPIC FOUND is the largest funder on record, with $137,538 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing