One Drop of Kindness Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
With that insight of compassion, Through carefully selected projects, the foundation seeks to bring specific material support and healing inspiration to distressed communities within the U.S. and other countries, focusing on direct aid, charitable giving and community outreach. Detailed information about successfully completed projects to date and current charitable ventures underway can be found under Impact. Empathetic Listening and Compassionate Training Our Empathetic Listening and Compassionate Training program provides one-on-one services such as mindfulness and meditation, and trauma-informed practice. The 'You Are Beautiful, I Am Beautiful' Project program has been developed in Upstate New York and involves music, role-playing therapies. We've supported selected Tibetan projects in northern Nepal since the Gorkha earthquake ravaged the area in April 2015.
- Income
- $72,887
- Spending
- $72,622
- Reserves
- 0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $6,481, foundation manager
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 51 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $18,320 spent. Since its inception, the foundation has achieved several milestones in serving the Tibetan community, particularly in their resettlement in New York. We have provided essential support through donations of food and clothing, as well as programs designed to empower individuals and foster resilience. These include mindfulness training to help overcome challenges, one-on-one meditation sessions, and English tutoring for English as a New Language (ENL) students. Our services are primarily offered throughout Ulster County, especially in Kingston, New Paltz, Hurley, Accord, and Lake Katrine.
- $5,230 spent. You Are Beautiful, I Am Beautiful program began in 2006 in Dublin, Ireland when Yungchen Lhamo visited and performed at a local assisted living facility there serving elderly residents suffering from dementia and in need of long-term nursing care. Since then, the program has further developed in Upstate New York (where One Drop of Kindness is based) and included: musical performances by Yungchen, some featuring Natalie Merchant, and the use of simple Buddhist mantras, for the benefit of homeless, developmentally disabled and mentally ill residents in the area. This ongoing program has received prominent media attention from Newsweek Magazine and Voice of America, and has inspired a similar program that was recently started in Spain.
- $4,130 spent. The foundation's Empathetic Listening and Compassionate Training program brings one-on-one counseling services to some of the neediest individuals living in upstate New York. Led by board director Tenzin Shaydrup, One Drop of Kindness currently provides compassionate listening, mindfulness and meditation services to approximately 260 homeless, disabled and low-income people in the Kingston and Woodstock areas of New York. With support from Peter Buffett's NoVo Foundation, this program also offers such practical help as financial literacy counseling (e.g. budgeting, credit score recovery and debt relief) to those in need.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2010 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2010.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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