Editing Central Tibetan Administration (section)

== Funding ==
The funding of the Central Tibetan Administration comes mostly from private donations collected with the help of organisations like the [[Tibet Fund]], revenue from the [[Green Book (Tibetan document)|Green Book]] (the "Tibetan in exile passport")<ref>{{Cite book|last=McConnell|first=Fiona|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkE1CAAAQBAJ|title=Rehearsing the State: The Political Practices of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile|date=2016-03-07|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-66123-9|page=138|language=en}}</ref> and aid from governments like India and the US.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Namgyal|first1=Tsewang|title=Central Tibetan Administration's Financial Viability|url=http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=33499|access-date=27 September 2017|agency=Phayul|date=28 May 2013|archive-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113832/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=33499|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Central Tibetan Administration|title=Department of Finance|url=http://tibet.net/department/finance/|website=Central Tibetan Administration|date=30 June 2011 |access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref>

The annual revenue of the Central Tibetan Administration is officially 22 million (measured in US dollars), with the biggest shares going to political activity ($7 million), and administration ($4.5 million).{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} However, according to [[Michael Backman]], these sums are "remarkably low" for what the organisation claims to do, and it probably receives millions more in donations. The CTA does not acknowledge such donations or their sources.<ref name="backman">{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/behind-dalai-lamas-holy-cloak/2007/05/22/1179601410290.html|title=Behind Dalai Lama's holy cloak|first=Michael|last=Backman|date=23 March 2007|access-date=20 November 2010|newspaper=[[The Age]]}}</ref>

According to a Chinese source, between 1964 and 1968, the U.S. provided 1.735 million dollars to the Dalai Lama's group each year.<ref>{{cite web|language=zh-hans|url=http://gb.cri.cn/12764/2008/04/11/2945@2016740.htm|script-title=zh:美印出资养活达赖集团 – 世界新闻报 – 国际在线|website=gb.CRI.cn|access-date=1 October 2017|quote={{lang|zh-Hans-CN|美国政府的一份解密文件显示，1964至1968年，美国给予达赖集团的财政拨款每年达173.5万美元，其中包括给达赖喇嘛个人津贴18万美元}}|trans-quote=A declassified document from the U.S. government shows that from 1964 to 1968, the U.S. financial allocation to the Dalai Group amounted to $1.735 million per year, including a personal allowance of $180,000 to the Dalai Lama.|archive-date=8 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708042656/http://gb.cri.cn/12764/2008/04/11/2945@2016740.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 1998, The Dalai Lama's administration stated that it had received US$1.7 million a year during the 1960s from the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=1998-10-02|title=World News Briefs; Dalai Lama Group Says It Got Money From C.I.A.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|agency=The Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/02/world/world-news-briefs-dalai-lama-group-says-it-got-money-from-cia.html|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-08-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2002, the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 was passed in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|date=16 May 2003|title=Tibetan Policy Act of 2002|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rpt/20699.htm|url-status=live|access-date=1 October 2017|website=2001-2009.State.gov|publisher=US Department of State, Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205111418/http://2001-2009.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rpt/20699.htm |archive-date=5 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. government intends to withdraw aid to exiled Tibetans (美政府拟撤销对流亡藏人援助 ) |url=http://news.dwnews.com/china/news/2017-05-31/59817805.html |website=news.dwnews.com |language=zh|date=31 May 2017 }}</ref> In 2016, the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) awarded a grant of US$23 million to CTA.<ref>{{cite web|last=Samten|first=Tenzin|date=5 October 2016|title=Grant Funding for the Tibetan Exile Community Thanks to USAID|url=http://www.contactmagazine.net/october-2016/grant-funding-tibetan-exile-community-thanks-usaid/|url-status=live|access-date=1 October 2017|website=ContactMagazine.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202091338/http://www.contactmagazine.net/october-2016/grant-funding-tibetan-exile-community-thanks-usaid/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 }}</ref>

In 2017, U.S. president [[Donald Trump]] proposed to stop aid to the CTA in 2018.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2017-05-26|title=Trump administration makes 'tough choices,' proposes zero aid to Tibetans; wants other countries to follow suit-World News|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/trump-administration-makes-tough-choices-proposes-zero-aid-to-tibetans-wants-other-countries-to-follow-suit-3482781.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-06|work=Firstpost|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526060728/http://www.firstpost.com/world/trump-administration-makes-tough-choices-proposes-zero-aid-to-tibetans-wants-other-countries-to-follow-suit-3482781.html |archive-date=26 May 2017 }}</ref> Trump's proposal was criticised heavily by members of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] like [[Nancy Pelosi]],<ref name=":1" /> and co-chair of the bipartisan [[Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission]], [[Jim McGovern (U.S. politician)|Jim McGovern]].<ref>{{cite news|date=2 May 2017|title=McGovern: America Must Stand Up for Human Rights in Tibet|work=JimMcGovern|url=https://mcgovern.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397016|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> In February 2020, at the annual [[National Prayer Breakfast]], Pelosi prayed as Trump attended; "Let us pray for the Panchen Lama and all the Tibetan Buddhists in prison in China or missing for following their faith".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-07|title=Tibet's disappeared Panchen Lama remembered in US National Prayer Breakfast|url=https://www.tibetanreview.net/tibets-disappeared-panchen-lama-remembered-in-us-national-prayer-breakfast/|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Tibetan Review|language=en-US}}</ref>