Tibetan Education Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831476309
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
Phone
6102126119
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,498
Expenses
$96,533
Assets
$224,259
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeffrey Granett MD (President)
  • Catherine Granett (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffrey Granett MD (President)
  • Catherine Granett (Vice President)
  • Melissa Vo (Secretary and Treasurer)

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

Educational scholarship fund for Tibetan refugees

What it reported doing in 2025

Scholarships and Tuition: Scholarships for individuals provide crucial financial support to refugee immigrant students to earn an accredited academic degree and/or continuing education or career development which includes tuition, room and board, books, supplies and health expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.