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No Organisational Costs

The committee and office-holders of TIBETFREUNDE (Friends of Tibet) work voluntarily. Our administrative and publicity costs are correspondingly minimal, in fact 2.7 % of the total turnover for the year 2014. These overheads are more than covered from membership contributions of our steadfast members, who in 2014 were 600 in number. Sponsorship money and gifts are forwarded to protégé[e] or project in total

Tax Exemption
The Tibetfreunde society is in accordance with a declaration of 12 February 1991 by the Canton of Bern Tax Office recognised as a non-profit aid organisation within the meaning of Article 23 Paragraph 1 Part 9 of the Law on Direct State and Communal Tax (StG) and of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Part 5 of the Law on Inheritance Tax and Tax on Gifts (ESchG) and is therefore exempt from direct state and commune tax, inheritance tax and tax on gifts

For the tax-free minima and maxima of gifts and covenants within your Canton of residence, please consult internet pages: https://www.spendenspiegel.ch/en We can on request issue a certificate for gifts and covenanted payments made to our society.

Bank Accounts

Membership Fees, Gifts and Project Support:
Postcheck (Postfinance AG), CH-3011 Bern
BIC/Swift code: POFICHBE   Clearing Nr.: 9000
Kontonr.: 30-19473-2
IBAN: CH24 0900 0000 3001 9473 2
Verein Tibetfreunde Bern, CH-3011 Bern

Sponsorship Money
(for forwarding via TIBETFREUNDE) :
Berner Kantonalbank AG, CH-3001 Bern
BIC/Swift code: KBBECH22  
IBAN: CH70 0079 0042 3751 9617 0
Verein Tibetfreunde Bern, CH-3000
Postcheckkonto Bank: 30-106-9

Bank Accounts in India for Direct Payments

Direct Payment to your Sponsored Child via Tibetan Childrens Villages:

  • Payable to: Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV), Dharamsala Cannt 176216, INDIA
  • Bank: State Bank of India
  • Branch: New Delhi Main Branch
  • Branch Code: 00691
  • IFSC: SBIN0000691
  • SWIFT: SBININBB104
  • Account no.: 39951893163 (FCRA Savings Account)
  • An E-Mail to (accountsho@tcv.org.in) subject line “Your Remittance” (date, amount and Name + Roll No.) would be very helpful for CTRC’s Administration, because the bank does not always notify and the Indian tax authority has become more and more strict to require a record.

Direct Sponsorship Payment for your Aged Protégé[e] via CTRC:

  • Payable to: CTRC HH DALAI LAMA
  • Bank: FCRA Cell
    4th Floor State Bank of India
    New Delhi Main Branch 11
    Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001

  • Branch Code: 00691
  • Account no.: 40105711485
    (there are no IBANs yet in India)
  • BIC/Swift code: SBININBB104
  • IFSC: SBIN0000691
  • An email to (welfare@tibet.net)  subject line “Your Remittance” (date, amount and Name + Roll No.) would be very helpful for CTRC’s Administration, because the bank does not always notify and the Indian tax authority has become more and more strict to require a record.

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