Colorado · Nonprofit
SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY
SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,061 to it, the largest being PEMA CHODRON FOUNDATION ($56,061). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $219k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $257k
What Sahaloka Monastic Community does
Mission
The primary objective and purposes of the Sahaloka Monastic Community are to create a place of contemplation, meditation, prayer; a residence for a congregation of buddhist monastics' and an institution for the study and practice of mahayana buddism, thus supporting the development of american buddhist monasticism by means of study research, publications and exhcnage with other monastic communities.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Program
"Sahaloka maintains a community house to (1) provide religious retreat opportunity for resident and visiting monastics; (2) to provided a space for regular, ongoing religious liturgical practice for resident and local monastics, and (3) to provide a location for ongoing educational programs. The largest category of expenditures relate to upkeep and maintenance of the facility and food costs associated with retreats and teaching events. Our one vehicle is used for the transport of visiting retreatants, transport of resident monastics to teachings and community volunteer activities and for routine tasks such as food and supply shopping."
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $14k.
From the IRS filings of SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY’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
SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
78% 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 SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 86% · 2019 85% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — 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.
Where its funders are
78% of SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,583 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,583 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2019
Organizations like SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY?
- SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY (Colorado) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,061 to it, the largest being PEMA CHODRON FOUNDATION ($56,061). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $72,061 in grants to SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY?
- PEMA CHODRON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $56,061 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), and the filings of 2 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