Funding Database
The Fetzer Institute is dedicated to helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world. We do this by catalyzing a movement of organizations and funders applying spiritual solutions to social problems. We fund spiritual innovators that are researching faith and spirituality and building the spiritual infrastructure for the future, with Sacred-centered design. We believe in the power of ideas and convene leaders to explore, discover, and sharpen their thinking about faith and spirituality in today’s time. And we work with philanthropic allies with shared values to achieve greater impact through co-funding and learning initiatives.
We invite you to explore a full list of partners and projects since 2015 in the database below.
| Project Title | Partner | Project Description | Amount | Year Approved | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Same House | The Same House | $250,000 | The Same House | Unrestricted operating support | $250,000 | The Same House | 2024 | |
| Making Meaning Now Project | Making Meaning Now Project | $65,000 | The Dinner Party Labs | Unrestricted operating support | $65,000 | The Dinner Party Labs | 2024 | |
| Everything Happens Podcast | Everything Happens Podcast | More Information. | $20,000 | Lemonada Media | Funding for Lemonada Media will help support the Everything Happens podcast hosted by Kate Bowler from March 4 – April 19, 2024. | $20,000 | Lemonada Media | 2024 |
| Vision Into Power Project | Vision Into Power Project | $100,000 | KW Foundation | Unrestricted operating support | $100,000 | KW Foundation | 2024 | |
| G(Race)Lands Podcast | G(Race)Lands Podcast | $75,000 | Christianity Today | Funding to Christianity Today will help pilot a new podcast G(Race)Lands, a miniseries about the intersections of race and faith in cities across the United States. This podcast an... | $75,000 | Christianity Today | 2024 | |
| Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Podcast | Harry Potter and the Sacred Text Podcast | More Information. | $65,000 | Not Sorry, LLC | Funding will go to increasing engagement of individuals identifying as queer and/or BIPOC to participate in Not Sorry’s virtual classes and pilgrimages. | $65,000 | Not Sorry, LLC | 2024 |
| The Emerald Podcast | The Emerald Podcast | More Information. | $75,000 | Joshua Schrei | Funding will provide administrative support to The Emerald Podcast for social media, publicity, research, and grantmaking for local outreach. The Emerald podcast animates a Sacred ... | $75,000 | Joshua Schrei | 2024 |
| Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies | Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies | More Information. | $75,000 | University of Haifa | Unrestricted operating support | $75,000 | University of Haifa | 2023 |
| Faith Matters Network | Faith Matters Network | More Information. | $50,000 | Faith Matters Network Collaborative | Supports the development of an incubator for womanist theologians, resourcing emerging leaders in the spirituality ecosystem | $50,000 | Faith Matters Network Collaborative | 2023 |
| Coalition for Faith and Media | Coalition for Faith and Media | $1,000,000 | Faith and Media Initiative Coalition (FAMI) | Unrestricted operating support for the Coalition for Faith and Media, working to bring the media and faith together for a more accurate and positive portrayal of faith and spiritua... | $1,000,000 | Faith and Media Initiative Coalition (FAMI) | 2023 | |
| On Being Gathering: Convening the Generative Narrative | On Being Gathering: Convening the Generative Narrative | $56,400 | On Being Project | Sponsorship support for On Being podcast convening on the Generative Narrative of Our Time, held Jan 2024 | $56,400 | On Being Project | 2023 | |
| Street Psalms | Street Psalms | $10,000 | Street Psalms | Unrestricted operating support | $10,000 | Street Psalms | 2023 | |
| Spiritual Directors International | Spiritual Directors International | $67,000 | Spiritual Directors International | Sponsorship support for the Spiritual Directors International Conference in 2025 | $67,000 | Spiritual Directors International | 2023 | |
| Ohio Organizing Collaborative | Ohio Organizing Collaborative | $250,000 | Ohio Organizing Collaborative | Unrestricted operating support | $250,000 | Ohio Organizing Collaborative | 2023 | |
| Sojourners | Sojourners | $10,000 | Sojourners | Unrestricted operating support | $10,000 | Sojourners | 2023 |
