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PEMA CHOLING USA

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $500 · expenses $50 · assets $909

EIN
20-0352137
Address
407 OCEAN FRONT WALK, VENICE, CA 90291-2432
NTEE code
B11
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2005
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Mission

THE EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS OF PEMA CHOE LING, A BUDDHIST COLLEGE AND RETREAT CENTER FOR WOMEN IN THE BUMTHANG VALLEY OF BHUTAN.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Joan Chodorow PRESIDENT2016-2024 10 $0 reported 1
Candace Chaite SEC/TREASURER2016-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Kevin Quinn BOARD MEMBER2016-2024 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-$0 $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-- $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-- $01
2016 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOAN CHODOROW PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
CANDACE CHAITE SEC/TREASURER1 $0-- $01
KEVIN QUINN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$500$50 $909$909 $500$0 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$925$2,495 $459$459 $925$0 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$440- $2,029$2,029 $440$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,139$1,473 $1,589$1,589 $1,139$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,555$1,735 $1,866$1,866 $2,555$0 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$205$20,199 $1,018$1,018 $205$0 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$20,157$168 $21,012$21,012 $20,157$0 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$135$148 $1,010$1,010 $135$0 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$25,118$28,140 $1,023$1,023 $25,118$0 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $700,031 in all, tax years 2009 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$500,000 2024$500,000
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SALESFORCE COM FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2009 1$200,000 2009$200,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “PEMA CHOLING USA” 2020-2023 4$31 2023$16
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $50 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $50 100.0%
Total$50100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $2,495 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,350 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,350 94.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $145 5.8%
Total$2,495100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $1,473 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,400 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,400 95.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $73 5.0%
Total$1,473100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $1,735 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,550 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,550 89.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $185 10.7%
Total$1,735100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $20,199 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $20,000 99.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $199 1.0%
Total$20,199100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $168 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $168 100.0%
Total$168100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $148 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $148 100.0%
Total$148100%

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Grants and similar amounts paid $28,000 99.5%
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