2025-04-07T19:25:14-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 261257649 UMA INSTITUTE FOR TIBETAN STUDIES UMAI 4153518147 265 Rural Ave S Salem OR 97302 Elizabeth Napper Vice President 4153518147 2025-04-08 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X UMA-TIBET.ORG X X 8023 X 8012 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8023 0 0 0 10673 0 0 41 10714 -2691 107857 0 105166 107857 105166 0 0 0 0 107857 105166 0 0 107857 105166 Primary exempt purpose is 1) translation into English (and possibly other languages) of texts from Tibetan Buddhist traditions, 2) seminars, classes, and retreats on focal topics of Tibetan Buddhism and instruction in the literary and colloquial aspects of the Tibetan language, and 3) maintenance and development of multimedia archives as research and instructional resources accessible across the worldwide web. THE UMA INSTITUTE OF TIBETAN STUDIES CONTINUED ITS WORK OF TRANSLATING INTO ENGLISH KEY TEXTS FROM THE GO-MANG COLLEGE SYLLABUS WITHIN THE TIBETAN BUDDHIST TRADITION. THESE ARE TEXTS THAT ARE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THAT RICH PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION. COMPLETED TRANSLATIONS ARE UPLOADED TO THE UMA WEBSITE, WHERE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD. THROUGH THE END OF 2024, 91 BOOKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE. IN ADDITION, UMA DEVELOPS AND MAINTAINS MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVES AS RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ACROSS THE WORLDWIDE WEB BENEFITING MANY THOUSANDS. 0 6600 6600 Kevin Vose Board Chair 1 0 0 0 Elizabeth Napper Vice President 7 0 0 0 Jules B Levinson Secretary 1.5 0 0 0 Jongbok Yi Treasurer 0.5 0 0 0 Paul Hackett Board Member 2 0 0 0 Joel McCleary Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Su-an Lin Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Boris Simoncic Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Patrick Lin Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Hong Ming Chen Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elizabeth Napper 265 Rural Ave S Salem OR 97302 4153518147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 66016 51563 14504 128765 8012 268860 66016 51563 14504 128765 8012 268860 202310 66550 24 5 4 2 11 46 268906 0.24748 0.35701 X In 2024 public support for UMA Institute for Tibetan Studies was almost 25%. UMA continues to solicit support from the community of students and scholars of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition who use its resources, offering a donation portal directly from their website. The website, uma-tibet.org, is accessible to the general public without any restrictions or fees and is used extensively. The website is the location of all the translation and video resources which are freely available. UMA's ten directors who serve on its board represent the broad interests of students and scholars of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The decline in public support that occurred in 2024 appears due to an overall drop in donations while continuing to report the amounts of excess donations from earlier years of the 5-year reporting period. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Fee to file Form 990 with IRS