Funding Database
The Fetzer Institute is dedicated to helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world. We do this by funding innovators and organizations that research spirituality, engage in individual and societal spiritual transformation, and build the spiritual infrastructure for the future, especially in service of our current program areas of Democracy, Education, Faith & Spirituality, and Organizational Culture. We believe in the power of ideas and we convene leaders to explore, discover, sharpen, and publish on spiritual transformation. And we work with allies with shared values within philanthropy to achieve greater impact.
We invite you to explore a full list of our partners and projects since 2015 in the database below.
| Project Title | Partner | Project Description | Amount | Program Area | Year Approved | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Fund Initiative to Build a More Inclusive Democracy | Piper Fund Initiative to Build a More Inclusive Democracy | $150,000 | Proteus Fund | Support for the Piper Fund initiative of Proteus Fund, which convenes and engages funders through a pooled fund while connecting and resourcing organizations that work to protect d... more | $150,000 | Philanthropy | Proteus Fund | 2023 |
| Build Up Boys: Supporting the Emotional Lives of Boys and Their Caregivers | Build Up Boys: Supporting the Emotional Lives of Boys and Their Caregivers | $50,000 | Build Up Boys Inc. | Unrestricted operating support. | $50,000 | Philanthropy | Build Up Boys Inc. | 2023 |
| Engaging Rural Communities to Preserve our Democracy | Engaging Rural Communities to Preserve our Democracy | $200,000 | Addition Collective | General support for the Addition Project, an incubator of projects to engage and make meaning with people who are often written off or undervalued by much of society. | $200,000 | Philanthropy | Addition Collective | 2023 |
| Witness Inc | Witness Inc | $50,000 | Witness, Inc. (The) | Funds will allow The Witness, Inc. to leverage additional resources needed to plan, implement, and assess the Joy and Justice Conference "Rise Up and Flourish", June 23-24 in Chica... more | $50,000 | Faith & Spirituality | Witness, Inc. (The) | 2023 |
| Big Ideas to Advance Democracy Convening | Big Ideas to Advance Democracy Convening | $100,000 | One For Democracy | The Big Ideas to Advance Democracy convening is an invite-only community of philanthropists working to build a more inclusive and resilient democracy, who will gather to reflect, s... more | $100,000 | Philanthropy | One For Democracy | 2023 |
| Consensus Conference on Childhood and Spiritual Development | Consensus Conference on Childhood and Spiritual Development | $30,000 | Pennsylvania State University | Unrestricted operating support. | $30,000 | Education | Pennsylvania State University | 2023 |
| How We Deepen | How We Deepen | $35,000 | Fetzer Institute | The second of two retreats for people of color who are leaders in the How We Gather Network. The gathering is part of our partnership with Sacred Design Lab, supporting the emergin... | $35,000 | Faith & Spirituality | Fetzer Institute | 2023 |
| Washington National Cathedral | Washington National Cathedral | $30,000 | Washington National Cathedral | Unrestricted operating support. | $30,000 | Faith & Spirituality | Washington National Cathedral | 2023 |
| Pillars Fund Grant | Pillars Fund Grant | $180,000 | Pillars Fund | In support of the Pillars Fund, which connects Muslim community leaders with philanthropic organizations and high-impact donors. | $180,000 | Philanthropy | Pillars Fund | 2023 |
| The Alliance: Christian Leaders Centering Faith for Shared Flourishing | The Alliance: Christian Leaders Centering Faith for Shared Flourishing | $150,000 | Christianity Today International | Support for The Alliance, a growing movement of national Christian organizations that has banded together with a collective mission of multiplying the number of Christian leaders a... more | $150,000 | Philanthropy | Christianity Today International | 2023 |
| Donors of Color Network Member Retreat 2023 | Donors of Color Network Member Retreat 2023 | $25,000 | Donors of Color | Support for the 2023 Donors of Color Network Member Retreat. The Donors of Color Network (DOCN) is the first-ever cross-racial community of donors of color – a home for donors comm... more | $25,000 | Philanthropy | Donors of Color | 2023 |
| Research Symposium | Research Symposium | $100,000 | Social Science Research Council | Support for the Social Science Research Council research symposium. | $100,000 | Faith & Spirituality | Social Science Research Council | 2023 |
| Sharing Spiritual Heritage Support--Beloved | Sharing Spiritual Heritage Support--Beloved | $95,000 | Beloved Builders | A collaboration as a part of the Sharing Spiritual Heritage project, with the goal of field building within the nascent sector of spiritual innovation. | $95,000 | Faith & Spirituality | Beloved Builders | 2023 |
| 2023 Pachamama Alliance Grant | 2023 Pachamama Alliance Grant | $10,000 | Pachamama Alliance | Support for the Pachamama Alliance and their efforts to address environmental concerns. | $10,000 | Board & President's Fund | Pachamama Alliance | 2023 |
| Spirit of Humanity | Spirit of Humanity | $100,000 | Spirit of Humanity Forum | Unrestricted operating support. | $100,000 | Faith & Spirituality | Spirit of Humanity Forum | 2023 |
