NITARTHA INTERNATIONAL
3902 WOODLAND PARK AVE N, SEATTLE, WA 98103 www.nitartha.org

Total Revenue
$424,817
Total Expenses
$374,557
Net Assets
$180,561

Organizations Filed Purposes: PRESERVATION AND MODERN PUBLICATION OF ANCIENT ENDANGERED ASIAN TEXTS IN PRINT AND DIGITAL FORMATS AND SUPPORT FOR TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR CONTEMPORARY SCHOLARLY USE.

PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT ASIAN TEXTS AND EDUCATION OF TIBETAN PHILOSOPHY.

NITARTHA INSTITUTE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND CLASSES: THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS ON LEARNED TIBETAN TEXTS AND THE CULTURAL VALUES OF THE TIBETAN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY CONSTITUTING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THOSE TEXTS, AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON TIBETAN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS BY PROVIDING ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF TIBETAN TEXTS.

NITARTHA DIGITAL LIBRARY AND SAMBHOTA SOFTWARE: NITARTHA INTERNATIONAL HAS DIGITIZED SOME 120,000 PAGES OF TIBETAN TEXTS. SOME OF THESE TEXTS HAVE BEEN EDITED AND REPUBLISHED, AND THE REMAINDER ARE BEING WORKED ON BY SCHOLARS. THESE TEXTS ARE BEING MADE FREELY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NITARTHA DIGITAL LIBRARY. NITARTHA INTERNATIONAL IS A LEADER IN PROVIDING TIBETAN LANGUAGE SAMBHOTA SOFTWARE FOR THE PRESERVATION, PUBLICATION, AND DIGITIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS TEXTS. IN ADDITION TO THE POPULAR DEDRIS, EDEDRIS, AND UCHEN FONTS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NEW SET OF CURSIVE FONTS CALLED DRUTSA, KHAMDRIS, AND UME AND HAVE ALSO ADDED A NEW UCHEN FONT CALLED NARTHANG. THE SAMBHOTA UNICODE FONT IS OUR NEWEST TIBETAN FONT WHICH INCLUDES MANY NEW SANSKRIT-TIBETAN CHARACTER STACKS.

Executives Listed on Filing

Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing

NameTitleHours Per WeekTotal Salary
Dzogchen Ponlop RinpocheCEO AND BOARD CHAIR1$22,500
Jirka HladisDISTANCE LEARNING DIRECTOR5$7,620
Golde GurungINSTITUTE CO-DIRECTOR2$7,000
Phil StanleyINSTITUTE CO-DIRECTOR2$750
Stuart HornINSTITUTE FACULTY COUNCIL1$375
Scott WellenbachINSTITUTE CO-DIRECTOR2$0
Martin MarvetDIRECTOR1$0
Lynne Conrad MarvetCOO AND TREASURER1$0

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