This page is a list of organisations of Tibetans in exile. Most of the organisations listed are groups of ethnic Tibetans outside of

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

and based in

Dharamsala Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855. The ...

. The Dharamshala Indian community materialised around the

Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current Dal ...

, who moved there from Tibet after the 1959 unrest in Tibet. There are cultural groups, religious groups, and political groups, some of which promote the goals of the

Tibetan independence movement The Tibetan Independence Movement () is the political movement advocating for the separation and independence of Tibet from the People's Republic of China. It is principally led by the Tibetan diaspora in countries like India and the United St ...

Organisations of Tibetans in exile

* Association of Tibetan Journalists, based in

Dharamshala Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855. T ...

, India. *

Central Tibetan Administration The Central Tibetan Administration (, , ), often referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, is a non-profit political organization based in Dharamshala, India. Its organization is modeled after an elective parliamentary government, compo ...

, also referred to as the Tibetan Government in Exile. Tibet's democratically elected government based in Dharamshala, India. * Chushi Gangdruk (Tibet's volunteer defender of Faith), was based in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...

, USA * Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education *

Empowering the Vision Project Empowering the Vision Project (Envision) is a trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act with the mission to strengthen the Tibetan community through youth empowerment. Envision help young Tibetans become more self-confident, dynamic and self-r ...

, based in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the NCT Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati B ...

, India. *

Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a non-profit organization established with the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the 14th Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Y ...

International Tibet Support Network The International Tibet Network, established in 2000, is a global coalition of Tibet-related non-governmental organisations campaigning to end the China's occupation and human rights violations in Tibet, and restore rights to the Tibetan people. ...

, based in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for "Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

, USA
International Association of Tibetan Studies
* Khawa Karpo-Tibet Culture Centre, based in Dharamshala in India. * Lha Charitable Trust, Institute for Social Work and Education, based in Dharamshala in India. *

National Democratic Party of Tibet The National Democratic Party of Tibet is a major party in the Tibetan government in exile, officially the Central Tibetan Administration, based in India. It was founded on 2 September 1994, but the seeds of the party were planted by the 14th Da ...

, based in Dharamshala in India. * Norbulingka Institute * Offices of Tibet, official agencies of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala, India. * Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet, based in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

, USA * Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy *

Tibetan Children's Villages Tibetan Children's Villages or TCV is an integrated community in exile for the care and education of orphans, destitutes and refugee children from Tibet. It is a registered, nonprofit charitable organization with its main facility based at ...

, based in Dharamshala in India. *

Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts ] The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on reaching McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India in exile from Tibet in August 1959. It was then called Tibetan Music, Dance and Drama Society, ...

Tibet Justice Center Tibet Justice Center, (TJC, formerly International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet, ICLT) is an American legal association founded in 1989 that advocates human rights and self-determination for the Tibetan people. Profile The association is a non-g ...

, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama * Tibetan National Football Association *

Tibetan Nuns Project The Tibetan Nuns Project is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to support Buddhist female monastics in India from a variety of Tibetan Buddhist lineages. It helps nuns who want to study and advance their ordination. History Gompas ( Budd ...

, based in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

, USA and Dharamshala, India. * Tibetan Volunteers for Animals, based near Camp 2, Lake Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement Mysore, India. *

Tibetan Women's Association The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) is a women's association based in McLeodGanj, Dharamshala, India. The group was officially formed on 10 September 1984 in India, by Rinchen Khando Choegyal, a former Tibetan Youth Congress activist, although ...

, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibetan Youth Congress, based in Dharamsala, India. * Tibet Bureau in Geneva is the official representation of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile for Central and Eastern Europe. * Tibet Bureau (Paris) * Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy *

, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibet Fund, the primary funding organisation for the health, education, refugee rehabilitation, cultural preservation and economic development programs that enable Tibetans in exile and in their homeland to sustain their language, culture and national identity, based in New York City, NY, United States. *

, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Organisations linked to Tibetans in exile

Australia Tibet Council The Australia Tibet Council (ATC) is an independent, non-profit Australian organisation working to promote the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people. ATC is funded solely by members and supporters. The organisation's headqua ...

Buddhist Digital Resource Center The Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), formerly Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to seeking out, preserving, organizing, and disseminating Buddhist literature. Joining digital technology ...

, formerly Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. In cooperation with the

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

Open Access Project (HOAP), BDRC is making its entire library completely open access. It also coordinates internships with graduate students from Harvard Divinity School and the Department of South Asian Studies at Harvard. *

Drepung Loseling Drepung Monastery (, "Rice Heap Monastery"), located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelug university gompas (monasteries) of Tibet. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Sera Monastery. Drepung is the largest of all T ...

Free Tibet Campaign Free Tibet (FT) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1987 and based in London, England. According to their mission statement, Free Tibet advocates for "a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own futur ...

in London * Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
Himalayan Art Resources
* International Campaign for Tibet
Jewel Heart
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Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies The ''Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies'' (''JIATS'') is a freely available online, peer-reviewed English language academic journal focusing on Tibetan studies. ''JIATS'' is an official publication of the Internation ...

Kopan Monastery Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a member of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), an international network of Gelugpa dharma cen ...

Mind and Life Institute The Mind & Life Institute is a US-registered, 501(c)(3) organization, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1991 to establish the field of contemplative neuroscience, contemplative sciences. Based in Charlottesville, Va., the institute ...

Nalanda Institute
* Rato Dratsang Foundation *

Rubin Museum of Art The Rubin Museum of Art, also known as the Rubin Museum is a museum dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art and cultures of the Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating t ...

Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning — SEE Learning
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Students for a Free Tibet Students For a Free Tibet (SFT) is a global grassroots network of students and activists working in solidarity with the Tibetan people for human rights and freedom. The group uses education, advocacy, and nonviolent direct action with the goal of ...

Tsadra Foundation
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Tibetan and Himalayan Library The Tibetan and Himalayan Library (THL), formerly the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL), is a multimedia guide and digital library hosted by the University of Virginia focused on the languages, history and geography of Tibet and the Him ...

Tibet Center The Tibet Center, also known as ''Kunkhyab Thardo Ling'', is a dharma center for the study of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded by Venerable Khyongla Rato Rinpoche in 1975, it is one of the oldest Tibetan Buddhist centers in New York City. The current ...

* Tibet House worldwide *

Tibet House US Tibet House US (THUS) is a Tibetan cultural preservation and education 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1987 in New York City by a group of Westerners after the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, expressed his wish to establish a cultural inst ...

* Tibet Fund
Trace Foundation

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Tibetans in exile The Tibetan diaspora are the diaspora of Tibetan people living outside Tibet. Tibetan emigration has three separate stages. The first stage was in 1959 following the 14th Dalai Lama's defection to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, India. The s ...

Human rights organisations based in India Organisations list Exile Tibetan diaspora in India