KUNZANG GATSHAL FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X50

Classification

7000

Street

550 KEMP RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• the purpose of the kungzang gatshal foundation shall be to support the teaching and practice of, and to promote an expanded awareness of, the dudjom tersar lineage of the nyingma sect of tibetan buddhism. the foundation shall be dedicated to providing a peaceful and expansive retreat, a physical and spiritual environment, and a sanctuary in which teachers and students can engage in contemplative practice and reflective meditation. the class of persons and institutions which shall be the primary beneficiaries of the foundation shall be those teachers and practitioners of, or those who aspire to, teach or practice the lessons of the dudjom tersar lineage.

  Expenses $218,116

• The White Lotus School was established by Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche in 1997 to provide an education to select students in the Dudjom Tersar traditions of the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma sect. The School follows specific training and instructions that preserve the traditions of this lineage in the study of Buddhism in general, emphasizing the study of the Tibetan language, the Buddhist religion, and the traditions of Buddhist musical instrumentation, dance, training in the rituals of spiritual practices, philosophy, and extensive scriptural study, as well as providing a general Western education in the English language in accord with New York State guidelines. All students also learn how to speak, read, and write in Chinese. There is an emphasis on expressive writing, grammar, and translation. The school currently has seventeen students in residence.

  Expenses $67,071

• THROMA RETREAT - 7 DAY RETREAT WHICH IS BASED ON THE THROMA NGONDRO PRACTICE OF DUDJOM LINGAPA.

  Expenses $29,956

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $245,311

  Expenses

  $362,205

  Contributions

  $175,375

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $243,085

  Expenses

  $294,304

  Contributions

  $146,185

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $249,580

  Expenses

  $270,841

  Contributions

  $240,280

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $390,655

  Expenses

  $262,224

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,395,104

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $448,132

  Expenses

  $241,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,266,673

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $408,501

  Expenses

  $235,799

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,061,164

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $195,449

  Expenses

  $309,927

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,439,145

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $280,893

  Expenses

  $245,844

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,554,735

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $816,898

  Expenses

  $209,648

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,519,686

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $312,798

  Expenses

  $200,586

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,912,436

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $355,215

  Expenses

  $191,551

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,802,864

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,161,868

  Expenses

  $193,539

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,640,749

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $137,398

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,668,376

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• BLUELIGHT HEALS CORPORATION

  $165,000

  2025 · SALARIES OF TEACHERS AND STAFF OF THE WHITE LOTUS SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR THE SCHOOLS LONG-TERM SUCCESS, TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATIONOF KYABJE THINLEY NORBU RINPOCHES LINEAGE AND THE NYINGMA TRADITION OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM

• BLUELIGHT HEALS CORPORATION

  $150,000

  2025 · ARCHIVING, DIGITIZING, AND TRANSLATING THE TEACHINGS, WRITINGS, ANDAUDIO RECORDINGS OF KYABJE THINLEY NORBU RINPOCHE

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