2025-11-15T10:55:00-05:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 330607593 BODHGAYA RELIGIOUS TR 123193 BODH 5108091016 2425 HILLSIDE AVE BERKELEY CA 947042528 Ann M Bergfors CFO 5108091016 2025-11-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Tarthang Tulku 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 789396 false X none X 1993 CA In perpetuity sponsorship of annual Buddhist Tibetan Nyingma World Peace Ceremonies at Bodh Gaya India including: daily offerings to monastic participants; ceremony offerings of butter lamps candles tsog food flowers; and daily food offerings to the local poor. Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center 501c3 Church Yeshe De Project religious text books and art are transported to Bodh Gaya where they are freely distributed to monastic and lay practitioners. 8 8 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 409286 789396 0 0 409301 789396 256823 725000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 256823 725000 152478 64396 11555403 11845257 0 0 11555403 11845257 In perpetuity sponsorship of annual Buddhist Tibetan Nyingma World Peace Ceremonies at Bodh Gaya India including: daily offerings to monastic participants; ceremony offerings of butter lamps candles tsog food flowers; and daily food offerings to the local poor. Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center 501c3 Church Yeshe De Project religious text books and art are transported to Bodh Gaya where they are freely distributed to monastic and lay practitioners. false false 200000 200000 0 The 10 day ceremony was held at the Bodh Gaya stupa Jan 11-20 2024. Daily attendance averaged 7399 monks nuns and high lamas as well as 2700 lay people. Daily offerings included flowers food for the local poor; tea rice and biscuits for the assembly and lay people were also offered. Sacred text readings were sponsored at local monasteries. Yeshe De Publication books and sacred art were freely distributed to all attendees daily during the ceremony. Head Lama of TNMC prepared budgets ahead of time and expenses were conducted under supervision by TNMC personnel. TNMC was reimbursed after the final actual expenses were reported. 525000 525000 0 Head Lama of TNMC contracted with Thompson Press INDIA Ltd. to print the Tibetan Kanjur 2000 copies of 98 volumes. Included in the contract was delivery in sets to Bodh Gaya in December 2024 for free distribution at the January 2025 next annual Buddhist Tibetan Nyingma World Peace Ceremony. Actual cost of the production was $526,260. The Bodhgaya Trust reimbursed TNMC $525000 through this grant. 0 0 0 0 0 0 725000 true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false true false true 0 0 true 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false 8 8 true false false false false false false true true true false true false false false false false false X X Ann Bergfors 5108091016 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 Tarthang Tulku President CEO 10.00 38.00 X X 0 0 0 Sally Sorenson Secretary 5.00 43.00 X X 0 0 0 Yangchen Gellek Trustee 5.00 43.00 X 0 2400 0 Pema Gellek Trustee 5.00 43.00 X 0 4800 0 Palzang Lama Trustee 5.00 43.00 X 0 0 0 Ann Bergfors Treasurer 10.00 38.00 X X 0 0 0 Kunzang Wangmo Dixey Trustee 5.00 43.00 X 0 0 0 Tsering Gellek Trustee 10.00 38.00 X 0 6497 0 0 13697 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 789396 0 0 789396 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 789396 0 0 789396 725000 725000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 725000 725000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6638 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11555403 11838619 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11555403 11845257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11555403 11845257 0 0 0 0 11555403 11845257 11555403 11845257 64396 225458 0 0 0 0 X false false false X X 1 The Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center 237072008 1 true 725000 0 1 725000 0 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false X true true Part IV Section E, line 2A The exempt purpose of the Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center is religious: to preserve protect foster Buddhism particularly Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan culture. The Kanjur is the recorded words of the Buddha. Printing the Kanjur in 2000 copies for distribution to monks lamas and nuns supports the survival of the religion by providing texts to modern practitioners thus fostering the preservation of the religion a core exempt purpose of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center a church. Conducting ceremonies for practitioners to gather and pray also fosters the practices of the Buddhist faith another exempt purpose of the church. Part IV, Section E, line 2B The supported organization Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center TNMC is a church. It goes back over 2500 years to a lineage in Tibet and earlier to the Buddha in India. Supporting practitioners in India and the Himalayas keeps the roots of the tradition alive in current day practitioners essential for the connection to the lineage. The church would conduct these activities if the Bodhgaya Trust did not. Part IV Section E General Head Lama of TNMC a Buddhist church preserves and publishes Tibetan sacred texts under its project Yeshe De Dharma Publications. If it had not received a grant for the publication of the Kanjur at Thompson Press India Ltd. it would have had to publish it itself. Similarly the annual Bodh Gaya Ceremony would have been conducted directly by the church. The mission of the church is to preserve and promote Buddhism especially Tibetan Buddhism. 11555403 0 1014854 725000 0 0 11845257 11402925 15 409277 256832 0 0 11555403 11351016 0 51909 0 0 0 11402925 11349852 0 1164 0 0 0 11351016 11398456 0 51396 1000000 0 0 11349852 1 0 0 false false Part I to XII | PartandLinenumber:,Explanation:| Part V Line 4,The Bodhgaya Trust was established in 1993 to further the preservation of Buddhism particularly Tibetan Buddhism and the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. The main vehicle for this mission is to bring together the various Nyingma monastics and lay practitioners the heads of the monasteries and lineage holders in a convocation at the place of the Buddhas enlightenment Bodh Gaya India annually. During the ceremony various texts central to the traditional lineages are displayed and distributed. The endowment funds are dedicated to these offerings and ceremony.| true Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center 2425 Hillside Avenue Berkeley CA 94704 237072008 725000 0 cash n a support of annual Bodh Gaya INDIA World Peace Ceremony 0 1 Part I Line 2 The grants are made to the Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center a 501c3 church in the United States. The Board meets with the Head Lama throughout the year and budgets are established for the upcoming ceremony. The church forwards the funding for the offerings and ceremony expenses. Members of the Board travel to Bodh Gaya to be onsite during the annual ceremony. After the ceremony actual vs budget reports are made and reviewed by the Board. Based on those reports the church is reimbursed through grants from the organization. Part VI, Line 2 | Employee: Relationship: Employee:| Yangchen Gellek Family Relationship Tarthang Tulku| Pema Gellek Family Relationship Tarthang Tulku| Kunzang Wangmo Dixey Family Relationship Tarthang Tulku| Tsering Gellek Family Relationship Tarthang Tulku| Palzang Lama Family Relationship Pema Gellek| Kunzang Wangmo Dixey Family Relationship Pema Gellek| Kunzang Wangmo Dixey Family Relationship Tsering Gellek| Pema Gellek Family Relationship Tsering Gellek| Part VI, Line 11a Once the form is complete each trustee is emailed a copy for review. Each trustee replies to the CFO and once all have reviewed the form it is filed electronically. Part VI, Line 19 Form 990 is annually posted on the web by various nonprofit organizations and searchable through various web search engines. Should anyone request it a copy is available in the office of the Head Lama of TNMC. Part VI, line 9 | Name of the person:, Address of the person:| Tarthang Tulku, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, CA, 95421| Ann Bergfors, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, CA, 95421| Sally Sorenson, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, CA, 95421| Yangchen Gellek, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, CA, 95421| Tsering Gellek, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, 33755 Tin Barn Road, CA, 95421| Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center 2425 Hillside Avenue Berkeley CA 94704 237072008 church CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 1 N/A false Dharmamudranalaya 35788 Hauser Bridge Road Cazadero CA 95421 510183432 piblishing CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 10 N/A false Mangalam Light Foundation 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 203938012 charity CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 12c N/A false Vajra Light Foundation 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 203938044 charity CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 12c N/A false Prajna Light Foundation 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 203938088 charity CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 12c N/A false Ananda Light Foundation 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 203938062 charity CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 12c N/A false Light of Buddhadharma Fdn International 33755 Tin Barn Road Cazadero CA 95421 562316197 charity CA 501(C)(3) Charity Status 12c N/A false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center C 725000 cash