Tzu Chi Foundation

Taiwan roots
Source review: 2026-10-05

Your guide to Tzu Chi Foundation

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Reported work and places

Food and nutrition; Housing and shelter; Education; Emergency relief. Reported activity: Myanmar.

Its2025 Chinese annual report describes food/basic supplies after the Myanmar earthquake and construction of247 simple classrooms/houses at83 schools, monasteries and orphanages in Mandalay, Naypyidaw and Sagaing. The same page also contains2026 Afghanistan delivery; those paragraphs are excluded from this2025 match.

Evidence dated 2025-12-31. 2025 annual reporting year-end marker for Myanmar phases beginning March,May andSeptember2025; explicitly exclude2026 Afghanistan narrative on same page.

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Who receives your money

Organization roots: Taiwan
Roots and operating base: Taiwan Buddhist charitable foundation founded by Dharma Master Cheng Yen in Hualien in1966; this entry uses its Taiwan receiving foundation, rather than a foreign affiliate.
Reviewed legal entity: 財團法人中華民國佛教慈濟慈善事業基金會 · Taiwan
Named recipient: 財團法人中華民國佛教慈濟慈善事業基金會 · Taiwan
Giving route: Official bank instructions

The official bank section names the Taiwan legal foundation at ChinaTrust/CTBC and Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation at Hua Nan. This entry selects the Taiwan CTBC named bank route, not another country affiliate. It asks donors to submit transfer details and chosen purpose for receipting; nothing submitted. General bank giving does not guarantee Myanmar restriction. Current bank ownership, fees and refunds not independently tested. Bank-source homepage returned502 in direct/CUA requests while primary cached text was readable; check fresh official instructions before any gift.

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Country evidence and reporting periods

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Myanmar

Reporting period: Calendar2025 Myanmar earthquake response · Section2-2 Overseas disaster assistance, 緬甸曼德勒強震; second-phase paragraph83 institutions/247 classrooms and houses

Evidence stage: Reported services delivered

Organization-reported completed work; current access and allocation of a new gift are not guaranteed. Myanmar work is described through Tzu Chi volunteers and institutions; worldwide network affiliates and Taiwan donation recipient are distinct.

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What we checked, and what remains uncertain

Minimum public-source checks passed on 2026-10-05: named identity, official presence, recent reported activity and an authorized giving route with an identifiable recipient.

Minimum public-source checks only. Organization and partner reports are not an independent impact audit. Live registry standing, bank ownership, payment settlement, individual-gift allocation and field outcomes were not independently audited. No payment made. Reporting-period evidence does not guarantee delivery today. Myanmar work is described through Tzu Chi volunteers and institutions; worldwide network affiliates and Taiwan donation recipient are distinct.

Official global entry site identifies the foundation and Hualien headquarters; named legal foundation appears in current bank instructions. Live regulator standing not checked.

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