Tzu Chi

Summary

Tzu Chi is a charitable organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of charitable_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tzu Chi is in the country of Taiwan^[3].
• Tzu Chi's instance of is recorded as charitable organization^[4].
• Tzu Chi's instance of is recorded as non-governmental organization^[5].
• Tzu Chi's instance of is recorded as research institute^[6].
• Tzu Chi's founder is recorded as Cheng Yen^[7].
• Tzu Chi's headquarters location is recorded as Taiwan Island^[8].
• Tzu Chi's headquarters location is recorded as Taiwan^[9].
• Tzu Chi's ISNI is recorded as 0000000405729079^[10].
• Tzu Chi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132829986^[11].
• Tzu Chi's GND ID is recorded as 1142582612^[12].
• Tzu Chi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no96051261^[13].
• Tzu Chi's Commons category is recorded as Tzu Chi^[14].
• +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tzu Chi^[15].
• Tzu Chi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ygzs^[16].
• Tzu Chi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tzu Chi^[17].
• Tzu Chi's described by source is recorded as The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious History^[18].
• Tzu Chi's GRID ID is recorded as grid.418493.3^[19].
• Tzu Chi's Open Funder Registry funder ID is recorded as 501100008107^[20].
• Tzu Chi's Quora topic ID is recorded as Tzu-Chi^[21].
• Tzu Chi's Ringgold ID is recorded as 36614^[22].
• Tzu Chi's Weibo user ID is recorded as tzuchi^[23].
• Tzu Chi's HKCAN ID is recorded as 9811105858903406^[24].
• Tzu Chi's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2800374468^[25].
• Tzu Chi's ROR ID is recorded as 022mrwt29^[26].
• Tzu Chi's GUI number is recorded as 94800552^[27].

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Founding

Tzu Chi's founder is recorded as Cheng Yen^[7]. +1966-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Taiwan Island^[8], an island^[28], in Taiwan^[29] and Taiwan^[9], an island country^[30], in Taiwan^[31], founded in 1912^[32].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Tzu Chi include 192208 it^[33], an asteroid^[34].

Why It Matters

Tzu Chi ranks in the top 3% of charitable_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include 192208 it^[33], an asteroid^[34].