Arizona · Nonprofit
THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC
THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,415,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,325,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $736k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values Inc does
Mission
The dalai lama center for ethics and transformative values at mit is dedicated to inquiry, dialogue, and education on the ethical and humane dimensions of life. As a collaborative and nonpartisan think tank, the center focuses on the development of interdisciplinary research and programs in varied fields of knowledge, from science and technology to education and international relations. Our programs emphasize responsibility and examine meaningfulness and moral purpose between individuals, organizations, and societies. The center was founded to honor the vision of the fourteenth dalai lama and his call for a holistic education that includes the development of human and global ethics.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Transformative leadershiptransformative leadership is an internally held value-based leadership workshop for professionals and business school students. The workshops explore the alignment of personal and professional values and provide methods for cultivating more ethical behavior in one's daily life.science, monks, technology leadership program comprises leadership and service workshops for young adults accessing rural communities in northern india and community service projects for a monastic community in southern india. Latin america satellite center programs- mexico and latin america: transformative leadsership in the judicial system, ethics initiative, and anti-corruption and transparency programs in alignment with the centers core programs and values. Although this program takes place in india and latin america there are no revenue or expenses being reported from for foreign contries because of all of it is donated time.
$85,766 spentof which $74,320 as grants33% of program spendingTransformative teacherstransformative teachers provides teachers with the tools and methods for fostering resilient and ethical young leaders. This program supports two ongoing initiatives to develop ethics and leadership among youth:young peace leaders, targeting elementary and middle school aged children, and compassionate young leaders for young adults in high school and university. Through interactive workshops that engage teachers in discussion, introspection and experimentation, the transformative teachers program trains teachers to integrate the development of cognitive skills, social-emotional undertsnading, and ethical purpose; enabling teachers to make a profound and lasting impact on their students.
$85,766 spentof which $74,320 as grants33% of program spendingEthics governance and aiconducting evidence-based research to provide guidance to decision-makers in the private and public sectors, and to engage in impact-oriented pilot projects to bolster the use of ai for the public good, while also building an institutional knowledge base on the ethics and governance of ai, fostering human capacity, and strengthening interfaces with industry and policy-makers.
$85,765 spentof which $74,320 as grants33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $257,297.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $5.5M to $6.4M (+16%).
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.
63% of THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Tenzin Priyadarshi
President, CEO
Board chair
Don Morrison
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $775k → $25k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC’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
THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
94% 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 THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — 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
94% of THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $80k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 288 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 288 social science nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC?
- THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC (Arizona) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,415,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,325,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,415,000 in grants to THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TRANSFORMATIVE VALUES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 3 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