The Tibetan Nuns Project, founded in 1987, is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and supporting Buddhist female monastics in India from all Tibetan Buddhist lineages. It helps nuns who want to study and advance their ordination. The Tibetan Nuns Project's mission is to educate and empower Tibetan Buddhist nuns as teachers and leaders, as well as to establish, strengthen, and support educational institutions in order to preserve Tibetan religion and culture. In India, the organization supports seven nunneries and over 800 nuns.