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, Taman ...

and based in Dharamsala. 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 D ...

, 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. The ...

, 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, comp ...

, also referred to as the Tibetan Government in Exile. Tibet's democratically elected government based in Dharamshala, India. *

Chushi Gangdruk Chushi Gangdruk (, ) was a Khampa Tibetan guerrilla group. Formally organized on 16 June 1958, the Chushi Gangdruk guerrilla fighters fought the forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Tibet from 1956 to 1974. The Dokham Chushi Gangd ...

(Tibet's volunteer defender of Faith), was based in

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, USA *

Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is an international charitable organization and education center located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2005, the center describes its mission as "educate the hearts of childre ...

* Empowering the Vision Project, based in

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

, India. * Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama * International Tibet Support Network, 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, based in Dharamshala in India. *

Norbulingka Institute :''You may have been looking for Norbulingka Palace.'' Norbulingka Institute, founded in 1995 by Kelsang and Kim Yeshi at Sidhpur, near Dharamshala, India, is dedicated to the preservation of the Tibetan culture in its literary and artistic for ...

* Offices of Tibet, official agencies of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala, India. *

Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet The GuChuSum Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet is an organization of Tibetan exiles. Established on September 27, 1991, by self-designated former political prisoners, the words "Gu Chu Sum" stand for the numbers 9, 10 and 3, which mark three ...

, based in

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, USA *

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is a Tibetan non-governmental nonprofit human rights organization. The TCHRD investigates and reports on human rights issues in Tibet and among Tibetan minorities throughout China. It i ...

* Tibetan Children's Villages, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts * Tibet Justice Center, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama * Tibetan National Football Association * Tibetan Nuns Project, based in

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, USA and Dharamshala, India. * Tibetan Volunteers for Animals, based near Camp 2, Lake Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement Mysore, India. * Tibetan Women's Association, 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 Children's Villages, 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. * Tibet Justice Center, based in Dharamshala in India. * Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Organisations linked to Tibetans in exile

* Australia Tibet Council *

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 * Free Tibet Campaign in London * Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
Himalayan Art Resources
*

International Campaign for Tibet The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is a non-profit advocacy group working to promote democratic freedoms for Tibetans, ensure their human rights, and protect Tibetan culture and the environment. Founded in 1988, ICT is the world's larges ...

Jewel Heart
* Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies * Kopan Monastery *

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

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 Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and other regions within Eurasia, with a per ...

Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning — SEE Learning
* Students for a Free Tibet
Tsadra Foundation
*

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 *

Tibet House Tibet House is an international, loosely affiliated group of nonprofit, cultural preservation organizations founded at the request of the Dalai Lama, to preserve, present, and protect Tibet's ancient traditions of philosophy, mind science, art, ...

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 insti ...

* Tibet Fund
Trace Foundation

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