Khyentse Fellowship
Funding Amount
$30,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- The fellowship recognizes individuals who demonstrate:
Other requirements
- Significant contributions to the Buddhadharma
- Commitment to preserving and promoting Buddhist teachings
- Continued activity in Buddhist practice, scholarship, or community building
Overview
The Khyentse Fellowship is Khyentse Foundation's top honor, providing a US$30,000 award to support the recipient's continued activity in preserving and promoting the Buddhadharma.
Selection
Selection Committee: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche personally heads the committee that selects the winners
Past Recipients
- 2024: Chagdud Khadro
- 2022: Erik Pema Kunsang
- 2015: Venerable Professor K. L. Dhammajoti
- 2012: Professor Peter Skilling
Eligibility
The fellowship recognizes individuals who demonstrate:
- Significant contributions to the Buddhadharma
- Commitment to preserving and promoting Buddhist teachings
- Continued activity in Buddhist practice, scholarship, or community building
What Khyentse Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 20
- Total given
- $1.66M
- Median grant
- $28K
- Range
- $8,000–$699K
- By dollars: New York 52%, Massachusetts 20%, California 12%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Berkeley, CA; Boulder, CO.
- 5% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 33% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY
Usa - 2024/25 operating grant
$699K
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) · Cambridge, MA
Usa - zen peacemaker fellowship grant
$221K
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA
Usa - year 1 of 3 year grant to support advancing strategic and innovative educational…
$116K
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY
Usa - grant to support mwes buddhist education curriculum framework design and…
$95K
Yale University · New Haven, CT
Usa - year 2 of 4 year grant to support a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan…
$95K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Religious
- Faith-based
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