Ngari Institute Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831094066
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, United States
- Phone
- +1 949-229-1493
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Buddhism
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,207
- Expenses
- $28,973
- Assets
- $149,482
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GESHE NGAWANG RIGDOL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LAMA YESHE JINPA (CHIEF EXCECUTIVE OFFICER & SPIRITUAL ADVISOR)
- GESHE NGAWANG RIGDOL (PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL WEST (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to cultivate the practice of compassion and loving-kindness through two core programs: (1) raise awareness and financial support for our affiliate organization, the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Saboo Village, Ladakh, India; and (2) raise awareness and financial support for the Kamalashila Initiative, an NIF fiscally sponsored project that facilitates the Visiting Scholars Program in partnership with the University of California, Irvine.
What it reported doing in 2025
Ngari Ladakh Support provided institutional educational grants to Leh, Ladakh, India Buddhist students.Approx 80 students and 12 staff members received housing, meals, school fees, clothing, spiritual education and support for modern education in very rural areas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.5%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 55.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.16; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -29.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 34.5% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.