New York · Nonprofit
THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC
THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE FREDERICK P LENZ FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN BUDDHISM ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $31k
What The Treasury of Lives Inc does
Mission
The Treasury of Lives is biographical encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and Himalayan Region. The Treasury provides an accessible and well-researched biography of a wide range of figures, from Buddhist masters to artists and political officials, many of which are peer reviewed.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Treasury of Lives is an online encyclopedia that provides open online access to the lived history of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalayan Region through peer-reviewed biographies and associated content. The resource also provides subscriber access to its database. As of 2025, over 1500 biographies have been published, written by over 150 authors.
$95,289 spentof which $49,385 as grants$86,634 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $95,289.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $77k to $40k (−48%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 8% · 2019 17% · 2022 72% · 2023 52% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Alexander Gardner
Executive director
Board chair
Gray Tuttle
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $8k.
From the IRS filings of THE TREASURY OF LIVES 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 TREASURY OF LIVES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 77% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
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.
Government funding THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $399k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$399k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC?
- THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE FREDERICK P LENZ FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN BUDDHISM ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC?
- THE FREDERICK P LENZ FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN BUDDHISM is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TREASURY OF LIVES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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