The Tibet Fund

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Aug 8, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$5,812,403

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

'since 1988, with funding from the u.s. State department, the tibet fund's tibetan scholarship program has enabled 390 tibetan refugees to earn masters degrees or one-year certificates at some of the country's finest academic institutions. The tibet funds federally-funded cultural and educational exchange program provided esl training in tibet and brought four students from tibet to study in the u.s. The fund's sponsorship program supported 3309 school age children at 41 schools, including 22 disabled children, and 137 monks and 50 nuns at 18 monasteries and 12 nunneries in nepal and india. The fund also supported 11 professional scholarships for tibetans in india and nepal, a nutrition program at four tibetan-run secondary schools, support for montessori programs in 10 schools in nepal and a non-violence program for tibetan youth.

Activity 3

In 2011, the tibet supported various cultural programs, including the library of tibetan classics, which edits, translates and disseminates classical tibetan texts; the tibetan institute for performing arts audio recording studio; khawa karpo cultural center, which publishes a tibetan language newspaper; the sikkim film expedition, to recover and restore the rare film holdings of the choegyal of sikkim; a construction project at a major monastery in india; and the preservation of tibetan buddhism in mongolia.

Filer

EIN

13-3115145