San Francisco, CA

LOTUS OUTREACH (Lotus Outreach International)

EIN 80-0013909

International Development & Humanitarian Aid Global Women's Empowerment Women & girls Children & youth Low-income

Mission

Lotus Outreach International empowers women and children living in poverty through access to education, training, and care.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About LOTUS OUTREACH (Lotus Outreach International)

Lotus Outreach is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) public charity that funds and supports education, health, anti‑trafficking, and skills-training projects for at‑risk women and children in India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Guatemala, Brazil and the United States. Its core program areas include school and university scholarships (GATE/CATALYST), safe transport to school (Blossom Bus), Rice for Education nutrition support, and community-based protection and livelihoods activities. In recent years Lotus Outreach has continued active program work and reporting (including audited financial statements and Form 990 filings through the 2024 tax year) while announcing a formal winding-down: the organization announced its “final year” beginning December 2025 and is executing a planned closure through 2026, raising transitional funds to fulfill commitments to local partners and beneficiaries. Financially, the organization reported roughly $745k in revenue and $809k in expenses for its 2024 fiscal year on its most recent Form 990, and it remains a donor-facing organization with an active website, fundraising campaigns, and partner grants noted in recent program reports.

Notable achievements

Three-decade impact milestone

Over more than 30 years Lotus Outreach reports having directly served approximately 150,000 people and touched hundreds of thousands more through its education, nutrition, and protection programs.

Large-scale food support

Through the Rice for Education initiative the charity has delivered hundreds of thousands of kilograms of rice to scholarship families (site reporting shows cumulative distributions since 2007), including continuing rice distributions and mid‑year project activity during the 2024–25 cycle.

University scholarship outcomes

The CATALYST tertiary scholarship stream has supported over 200 young women to complete tertiary studies since the program began, and Lotus Outreach continues to operate scholarship and alumni activities (including Giving Back projects) into 2024.

At a glance

Total assets: $239K
Annual revenue: $746K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 80-0013909
Location: San Francisco, CA
Website: lotusoutreach.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Registered U.S. tax-exempt public charity (501(c)(3)), tax-exempt since 2002, filing Form 990s and maintaining publicly available financial filings and audited statements.

Supported by established funders and partners (including regional Lotus Outreach entities and international funders such as Buddhist Global Relief and trusts that have funded Rice for Education and scholarship projects).

Public-facing organization with an active website, fundraising campaigns and a documented, transparent final-year transition plan (announcement issued December 2025) to fulfill commitments and transition work to local partners.

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