Top: Group photo of visiting party and Surmang locals. Photo by Marvin Ross.

Left photo: 12th Trungpa Tulku, Chokyi Senge

Our Finances

2006

More than six hundred donors contributed a total of more than $225,000 to the Konchok Foundation in 2006.  The great majority of these funds were sent to Tibet to pay for construction of the Surmang shedra (school).  Konchok Foundation has also been providing financial support annually in Tibet for the young Trungpa XII Rinpoche.  Administrative and other costs in North America represented slightly more than 10% of the total expenses in 2006.  The Konchok Foundation has no endowment and relies upon the ongoing generosity of donors to be able to provide financial support to projects in Tibet.  

More than $200,000 in donations were contributed in 2005, with the great majority of those funds having gone to the Surmang shedra.  Approximately $100,000 was sent to Tibet for the Surmang shedra in 2004, the first year of construction on the shedra.

2005

More than $200,000 was raised in 2005, the great majority of which was sent to Tibet to pay for construction of the Surmang shedra. Some support was also fowarded for the Trungpa Tulku, the monks on retreat at Surmang, and monasteries connected to Mipham Rinpoche in Wayen and Golok

2004

In 2004, $97,000 was sent to Surmang by the Konchok Foundation to pay for the first season of construction on the Surmang shedra. Additionally, $10,000 was provided for support of Trungpa XII Rinpoche.  Of the total Konchok Foundation expenditures for the year, only 3% was used for foundation overhead costs.  Donations for the shedra project came from hundreds of sangha donors, including donations made inconjunction with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's marathon runs in Big Sur and Edmonton, and also with an art auction in Boulder.