Frederick P Lenz Foundation For American Buddhism
EIN 13-4014022 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 105 grants · $1.2m
Who it funds most
34 of its 89 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Frederick P Lenz Foundation For American Buddhism's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202412089349100716
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
A year with no bar has no grants on file yet: its returns may not be loaded. It is not a year without giving.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS 990-PF | 202621979349100722 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202543169349103564 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202412089349100716 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202302359349100825 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202223129349102357 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202121379349100652 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS 990-PF | 201933189349103248 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS 990-PF | 201920289349100312 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Frederick P Lenz Foundation For American Buddhism made 242 grants across 2017–2025, totalling $2.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 242
- Total, as filed
- $2.6m
- Years
- 2017–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| NAROPA | 3 | $253.1k |
| NAROPA UNIVERSITY | 5 | $221.0k |
| MINDFUL SCHOOLS | 2 | $57.5k |
| AMERICAN BUDDHIST SOCIETY | 2 | $50.0k |
| LOYOLA MARYMOUNT | 3 | $42.0k |
| TREASURE HUMAN LIFE | 1 | $40.0k |
| BROOKLYN ZEN CENTER | 3 | $37.5k |
| LINEAGE PROJECT INC | 2 | $37.0k |
| MISSION BE INC | 3 | $34.0k |
| CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING | 3 | $30.5k |
| MINDFUL LIFE PROJECT | 1 | $30.0k |
| PRISON DHARMA NETWORK INC | 2 | $30.0k |
| PRISON MINDFULNESS INSTITUTE | 2 | $30.0k |
| ZEN LIFE & MEDITATION CENTER CHICAGO | 2 | $30.0k |
| BARRE CENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDIES | 2 | $29.5k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 24 | $314.3k |
| 2018 | 43 | $333.3k |
| 2020 | 20 | $195.0k |
| 2021 | 35 | $395.2k |
| 2022 | 27 | $304.2k |
| 2023 | 31 | $339.3k |
| 2024 | 60 | $710.3k |
| 2025 | 2 | $45.3k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-134014022. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified