Uma Institute for Tibetan Studies

Analysis

Uma Institute for Tibetan Studies is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Uma Institute for Tibetan Studies reported income of $129k and spending of $21k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $59k to $129k (+117%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 788%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Uma Institute for Tibetan Studies sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Ethics Today Foundation ($129k), Temple Israel Foundation Inc ($129k) and San Corporation ($129k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $108k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $108k.