GERE FOUNDATION Gere Foundation is a non-profit tax-exempt organization incorporated under section 501(c)(3) in the United States. It was established by Richard Gere to provide philanthropic assistance to the causes and groups whose work represents the humanitarian goals that he has long supported. Primarily, the Gere Foundation contributes directly to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan community-in-exile to aid in the cultural, religious, health and educational survival of the Tibetan people. Dislocated from their homeland since 1959 and under the continuing brutal occupation of the Chinese, hundreds of refugees risk their lives every year escaping to freedom in India and elsewhere. Gere Foundation’s list of recipients includes: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Charitable Trust, International Campaign for Tibet in Washington D.C., The Office of Tibet in New York City, The Office of Tibet in London, Department of Religion and Culture in Dharamsala, The Tibetan Children’s Villages, Rato, Sera, Drepung and Ganden Monasteries re-built in the south of India, and many others. The Foundation also supports and sponsors many publications such as Tricycle The Buddhist Review, Amnye Machen Institute, Wisdom Publications and Snow Lion Books. Finally, assistance is given to many translations of work which encompass and appreciate Buddhism as a living philosophy. Gere Foundation also contributes to such groups as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch for their work in global human rights, with particular emphasis on China and Tibet; Survival International for their work with indigenous endangered cultures; Oxfam America and The International Red Cross for their work in famine relief; AMFAR, Search Alliance, AIDS Project of Los Angeles, Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Children Affected by AIDS, and many other groups and research projects for their continuing struggle against AIDS and outreach assistance for its victims.