The mission of the Gyuto Vajrayana Center is to preserve and promote Tibetan Buddhism and to support the Tibetan community in the Bay Area.

The Gyuto Vajrayana Center is a branch monastery of the Gyuto monastery and is the only Tibetan Buddhist monastery of its kind in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded in 2000 by Ven. Thupten Donyo, a senior Gyuto monk, with the intent on bringing the tantric traditions of the Gyuto monastery to the Bay Area. Upon arriving in San Francisco, Ven. Donyo was encouraged by many Gyuto friends who offered their help to set up the non-profit Gyuto Vajrayana Center in San Jose, California.