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The FPMT Community Grants Fund
Helping FPMT communities bring Dharma projects to life
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The FPMT Community Grants Fund provides annual grants to FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups and other initiatives that help bring the Dharma to life around the world. From education and retreat support to holy objects, community services, translations and improvements to Dharma centers, these grants help local communities turn meaningful projects into reality.
Highlights of 2026
8 projects · US$11,800 in Grants
Bringing Dharma into Prisons
Liberation Prison Project, USA – US$2,500Supporting the deployment and hosting of FPMT Dharma offerings on the Edovo learning platform, making 50 courses, books and other resources available to people in correctional facilities.
Supporting Children and Families
FPMT Mongolia – US$2,000Supporting the Mahayana Children’s Program and 16 Guidelines activities, including classroom resources, translated materials and teacher development.
Building Compassionate Communities
Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London – US$1,100Supporting the Kindness Café, which provides community activities, bereavement support, listening spaces and outreach.
See all 2026 Community Grants Fund stories →
Why the Community Grants Fund is Needed
Every year, FPMT centers and projects around the world see meaningful ways to benefit their communities: a gompa roof to repair, a children’s program to grow, teachings to bring into prisons. But resources are often limited. In 2026, FPMT communities requested US$84,882 from the Community Grants Fund. We could offer US$11,800.
Each offering, joined with the offerings of so many others, becomes the cause for a stupa to be built, a retreat to be completed, or the Dharma to reach someone for the first time, bringing benefit to numberless sentient beings. Please rejoice in all the merit we create together.
Your generosity helps us say yes to more projects.
Grant History
The Community Grants Fund carries forward the legacy of the Merit Box, bringing the generosity of the FPMT community together to support projects that help local communities thrive.
Your Support Can Help
Preserve & Share the Dharma
Translations, publications and Dharma resources
Make Study & Practice Possible
Retreat sponsorships and practice opportunities
Create Sacred Spaces & Objects
Holy objects, statues, stupas and sacred spaces
Strengthen FPMT Centers
Center improvements, repairs and accessibility
Benefit Beings
Community services, Universal Education and animal care
Bring Dharma to New Places
Outreach and initiatives that expand access to teachings
Part of a Larger Vision
The Community Grants Fund helps local FPMT communities turn their aspirations into action, supporting initiatives that contribute to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions and FPMT’s mission to preserve and share the Dharma and benefit beings.
The Fund mainly supports three of Rinpoche’s Vast Visions
Where else could your support make a difference?
Explore other FPMT Charitable Projects supporting Dharma, practice, education and compassionate action around the world.
For questions about the Community Grants Fund, please contact the Charitable Projects Director.
The FPMT Community Grants Fund is a project of FPMT, Inc. and is administered by FPMT International Office located in Portland, Oregon, United States. All donations made to this fund are tax-deductible within the United States in accordance with IRS Code article 501(c)(3) to the extent allowed by law.