Utah Tibetan Association

“The board of directors is provided a copy of the form 990 prior to filing for their review and comments.”

“No one at board meetings or serving as a board of trustee member can be related to each other. No business, resource, or money can be exchanged on behalf of the agency with relatives related to those on the board of trustees. Trustees cannot receive resources or monies while serving on the board of trustees. All potential conflicts must be disclosed as they become known to the board of trustees at their regularly scheduled meetings.”

“All compensation packages of any kind are reviewed by the board of trustees. Compensation over a 12-month period, in the form of volunteer stipends, will not exceed 299 to cover things like: fuel, speaker fees; educational or cultural presentations. At present, and in the foreseeable future, there are no funded employee positions.”

“All compensation packages of any kind are reviewed by the board of trustees. Compensation over a 12-month period, in the form of volunteer stipends, will not exceed 299 to cover things like: fuel, speaker fees; educational or cultural presentations. At present, and in the foreseeable future, there are no funded employee positions.”

“Copies of the governing documents are available upon request at the organization's offices.”

“The utah tibetan association (uta) serves as a resource for anyone interested to learn about tibet, tibetans, language, religion and other aspect of the tibetan culture. Our objective and mission is to preserve our culture, arts, language, and provide guidance to the young generation of utah tibetans. We are also committed to diversify our organization by interacting with other culture and communities.”

“2017 was another successful year for the utah tibetan community. The community served approximately 250 tibetan living in utah. In february, we welcomed the year of the dog at the community center. In march of 2017, monks from drepung loseling monastery from south india started bumm peja prayer book (the six perfections of mahayana buddhism) and in july of 2017, monks from gaden shartse monastery completed the prayer book. The prayers are virtues to be nurtured, promoted, and developed to strengthen practice and bring one to enlightenment. In may, utah tibetan association participated in the living traditions festival, a three day cultural celebration event at library square. The association was one of the 20 food vendors, where they sold delicious meat & vegetarian momos, noodles, rice, spicy potatoes, and much more. On saturday the 20th, volunteers performed an encouraging song about returning to tibet. In june, uta participated and showcased our culture and traditions at the utah asian festival through educational booth and cultural performance. In july, we hosted the first ever summer camp for the attendees of sunday school. Children participated in events at the center, and around town to several educational venues. October 19-21, 2017, the association was honored to welcome his holiness the dalai lama's younger sister, jetsun pema la to slc, ut. She met with senator gene davis, toured the state capital, and met with elders from the lds church. On oct 20th, she was the chief guest along with her husband, kasur tempa la to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the u.s. Gold medal awarded to his holiness. During the event, she conversed with the utah tibetan community center sponsors and thanked them for their support and continued support. She also spoke to the community and thanked them for their hard work and diligence for a successful community and beautiful center. On nov 10th, the association and pema chagzoetsang met with steve price and henry schwendiman to discuss utah tibetan community center mortgage and payoff. We are happy to inform it will be paid off as of jan. 30, 2018. In september, our teacher attended the annual teacher's conference in minnesota. During this conference, we were able to order secondary batch of textbooks for the tibetan language classes, which helped us have consistent lesson plans and agenda as other tibetan classes within united states. In december, utah tibetan association welcomed honorable speaker of the tibetan parliament in exile, venerable khenpo sonam tenphel la. In attendance was senate minority leader, senator gene davis, and salt lake county mayor, ben mcadams.”