Totals
- Total revenue
- $978,294
- Total expenses
- $569,390
- Contributions and grants received
- $960,540
- Grants paid
- $35,893
- Program service revenue
- $16,734
- Investment income
- $1,020
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $435,265
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $5,043
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $430,222
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $307,147
- Management and general expenses
- $188,238
- Fundraising expenses
- $74,005
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $307,147
Program services were 53.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$31,637
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1c · Fundraising events
$151,043
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$777,860
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2a · Program service revenue: MERCHANDISE SALES
total $16,734 · related or exempt $16,734
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3 · Investment income
total $1,020 · related or exempt $1,020
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$151,043
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $5,000 · program services $5,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $30,893 · program services $30,893
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $246,631 · program services $147,953 · management and general $55,548 · fundraising $43,130
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $24,463 · program services $14,675 · management and general $5,510 · fundraising $4,278
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11b · Fees: legal
total $5,080 · program services $680 · management and general $4,400
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,121 · management and general $14,121
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11g · Fees: other
total $91,022 · program services $59,837 · management and general $4,588 · fundraising $26,597
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,548 · management and general $2,548
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14 · Information technology
total $14,489 · management and general $14,489
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16 · Occupancy
total $48,214 · program services $4,842 · management and general $43,372
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17 · Travel
total $43,668 · program services $39,564 · management and general $4,104
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20 · Interest
total $7,716 · management and general $7,716
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23 · Insurance
total $4,769 · management and general $4,769
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24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE
total $3,536 · management and general $3,536
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24b · Other expenses: PRINTING COSTS
total $395 · program services $210 · management and general $185
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24c · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
total $16,025 · program services $3,490 · management and general $12,535
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24d · Other expenses: TECH EQUIPMENT AND RENTALS
total $763 · management and general $763
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,057 · program services $3 · management and general $10,054
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $61,224 · end of year $431,257
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $2,248 · end of year $3,474
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $890 · end of year $534
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$26,120
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$26,120
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $28,470 · end of year $5,043
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $20,892 · end of year $430,222
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $15,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE O
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GENERAL AWARENESS: SFT CAMPAIGNED TO RAISE GLOBAL PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CHINESE GOVRENMNTS SYSTEMATIC REPRESSION OF TIBETAN RELIGION AND CULTURE. SFT COORDINATED GRASSROOTS EVENTS AROUND THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1959 TIBETAN NATIONAL UPRISING AND THE ESCAPE OF THE DALAI LAMA INTO EXILE IN INDIA. SFT EDUCATED STUDENTS AND YOUTH ABOUT THE REALITY OF FIVE DECADES OF CHINAS OCCUPATION OF TIBET THROUGH ONLINE AND PRINT MATERIALS.
Expenses $226,523
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LEADERSHIP: SFT HELD TRAININGS IN INDIA, UK, CANADA, USA, TAIWAN, AND AUSTRALIA, TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND YOUTH ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS IN TIBET. TRAINING IN PARTICULAR FOCUSED ON THE ART OF STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNING AND PLANNING, MEDIA COORDINATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, STRATEGIC NONVIOLENCE, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND PEACEFUL ACTIVISM.
Expenses $75,628
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ENVIRONMENT: SFT CONTINUED TO PUT PRESSURE ON FOREIGN COMPANIES EXPLOITING TIBETS NATURAL RESOURSCES. SFT COORDINATED EVENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TIBETS FRAGILE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS DISPLACEMENT OF TIBETAN NOMADS. SFT COORDINATED AWARENESS RAISING EVENTS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN TIBET AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS DESTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES TO COINCIDE WITH THE COP 15 UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN.
Expenses $4,996
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CULTURAL:SFT CHAPTERS AROUND THE WORLD ORGANIZED CULTURAL PROGRAMSTO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF EFFORTS BY TIBETANS TO PROTECT ANDPROMOTE THEIR CULTURE. SFT ORGANIZED GRASSROOTS EVENTSHIGHLIGHTED THE PLIGHT OF TIBETAN ARTIST, MUSICIANS, ANDINTELLECTUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CHINAS ONGOINGCRACKDOWN AGAINST TIBETAN CULTURAL FIGURES.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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PEMA DOMA
EXECTUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 45
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TENZIN CHOEYING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SONAMTSO K
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
UGYAN CHOEDUP
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KELLY TURLEY
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARY SWEETER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHENAM BARSHEE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 5 January 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202632049349300518
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