Pema Chöling

Legal name: Sahaloka Monastic Community

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474591219
IRS 990-N coverage
2024–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Crestone, CO, United States
Phone
719-480-5410
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Buddhism
Affiliation
Buddhism

Official website

What the e-Postcard reports

Notice states gross receipts normally $50,000 or less
Yes
Termination reported
No
Principal officer
Ana Guliak
Tax period began
2024-01-01 00:00:00
Tax period ended
2024-12-31 00:00:00

Source: IRS Form 990-N, tax year 2024. These are filed notice facts, not independently verified current operations. The notice does not report exact revenue, expenses, assets, leadership compensation, or governance controls.

Overview

From its website

Pema Chöling is a Buddhist vihara and monastic community in Crestone, Colorado, providing lodging and supporting dharma practice and community life. Its vision emphasizes finding an “inner refuge” through a safe, nurturing sangha environment and practicing/sharing the Buddha’s teachings, while modeling ethics, renunciation, compassion, and living simply with environmental awareness. Residents and the wider sangha in Crestone organize dharma events, support local centers through service, and work on Buddhist teaching translation and editing.

IRS classification

Buddhism (NTEE X50).

Recorded affiliation

Buddhism.

Filing

Its tax year 2024 Form 990-N states gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less. The notice does not report termination.

Other filing

A Form 990 for tax year 2019 is also available.

Coverage

Other list screening or federal responsibility records are incomplete in the available data.

Sources: Official website capture · IRS Business Master File · Affiliation evidence · IRS Form 990-N · IRS filing history · Grant-readiness source coverage

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

    Details

    • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
    • Postcard: tax year 2024 · gross receipts were within the e-Postcard filing limit
    • Contacts: How to reach this organization
    • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
    • 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.