DONATE 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…
In 2024, the FPMT Community Grants Fund (CGF) was launched as a new evolution of the much‑loved International Merit Box Project, which for more than 21 years provided grants to local FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups, and Dharma initiatives…
In 2024, the FPMT Community Grants Fund was launched as a transition from the much-loved International Merit Box Project, which for over twenty-one years provided grants to local FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups, and Dharma initiatives worldwide. This new…
The Merit Box Project closed for good at the end of 2024. We invite rejoicing in the many students and friends around the world who contributed to the project, helping bring hundreds of Dharma activities to fruition—including stupas, statues and…
We are delighted to share a report from FPMT Mongolia’s Mahayana Children’s Program on the ways they were able to utilize a recent Merit Box grant. FPMT Mongolia’s Mahayana Children’s Program began in 2007, aiming to engage children from 6–16…
DONATE Established in 2024, the FPMT Community Grants Fund continues the work of the International Merit Box Project, which provided grants to support FPMT centers, projects, services, and study groups, as well as other Dharma initiatives, for more than 21…
The International Merit Box Project was created in order to cultivate generosity as part of a daily practice and in turn help provide resources for local projects that are fulfilling the FPMT mission. The program began in 2001 with students…
The International Merit Box Project began in 2001 as a generosity practice for the international FPMT community. For many years, students and centers kept Merit Boxes close by so they could gradually make offerings throughout the year, before sending them…
The International Merit Box Project began in 2001 as a generosity practice for the international FPMT community. For many years, students and centers kept Merit Boxes close by so they could gradually make offerings throughout the year, before sending them…
The Merit Box Project celebrates its twentieth year of awarding grants this year. Currently, applications are being accepted for projects and initiatives that align with the FPMT mission. Most often these grant recipients are local FPMT centers, projects, services, and…
Langri Tanga Centre (LTC), the FPMT center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, used a US$300 International Merit Box Project grant they received in 2019 to create a “Street Library” on the center’s outside property. The International Merit Box Project was created…
In May, the International Merit Box Project disbursed sixteen new grants for Dharma projects and activities in six countries, totaling US$37,455 for the year. This was the fifteenth cycle of annual of Merit Box grants. Since the Project was created…
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