About Ejewel Foundation
EJewel Foundation appears to concentrate its philanthropy on Buddhist religious institutions, demonstrated by a single, very large unrestricted grant to the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute. The foundation favors broad, flexible support to faith-based organizations rather than restricted program funding and likely prioritizes sustaining or expanding a particular temple or Buddhist educational center.
Focus Areas
Buddhist temple and monastic supportBuddhist education and spiritual formationReligious institution general operating/endowment funding
Who They Fund
unspecified
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: one very large, unrestricted award to a single faith-based beneficiary. The foundation appears to make occasional major gifts focused on one primary grantee rather than distributing smaller grants across many organizations.
Funding Style
unrestricted supportgeneral operating supportflexible/core funding
Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute
About Ejewel Foundation
Ejewel Foundation’s recent grantmaking is anchored by a single, very large unrestricted gift: $7,010,000 to Great Enlightenment Buddist Institu in Pomona, California. That award is paired with smaller general-support grants to related Buddhist organizations, including Great Enlightenment Lotus Society I and Bliss and Wisdom Charitable Organiz, showing a pattern of sustaining faith-based institutions through flexible funding. Across the recent grants list, every award is to a California recipient and every grant is marked general and unrestricted. The foundation’s profile points to Buddhist temple and monastic support, Buddhist education and spiritual formation, and core operating or endowment support for religious institutions. This mix suggests a funder interested in organizational continuity rather than project-specific underwriting. The recipient names also indicate a close connection to Buddhist educational and devotional work, with repeated support for the same organizations over multiple years. A separate grant to Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund broadens the picture slightly, but the dominant pattern remains concentrated support for Buddhist-affiliated institutions in Pomona and nearby Southern California communities.
What Ejewel Foundation Funds
The clearest cause area is Buddhist institutional support. In 2025, Ejewel Foundation gave $7,010,000 to Great Enlightenment Buddist Institu for general and unrestricted use, a grant that aligns with core support for a Buddhist organization rather than a restricted program. Related support continued with $25,097 to Great Enlightenment Lotus Society I for general and unrestricted purposes. A second theme is ongoing assistance to the same Buddhist community organizations: Bliss and Wisdom Charitable Organiz received $19,231 in 2024 and another $1,000 in 2025, both unrestricted. The foundation also made a $10,000 unrestricted grant to Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund, adding an education-linked award to its otherwise religiously centered pattern. Across these grants, the purpose text stays broad, and the named recipients show repeated backing for institutions connected to Buddhist education, spiritual formation, and organizational maintenance.
How Ejewel Foundation Gives
Ejewel Foundation’s typical grant size sits at $2,568 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $22,164 at the 75th percentile, but its recent activity includes one outlier grant of $7,010,000. The recent record shows repeat support to the same recipients across 2024 and 2025, especially Great Enlightenment Lotus Society I and Bliss and Wisdom Charitable Organiz, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off giving only. All listed grants are general and unrestricted. The foundation is not described as funding individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its latest 990 year on file is 2025.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.1M
Total Assets
$4.2M
Total Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$7.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $22K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$22K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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