Funding search · EIN 386052788 · Kalamazoo, MI

John E Fetzer Institute

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

893
grants reported
$40.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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5 grants matching “consciousness · $358,439

  • $200,000

    United Nations Development Programme · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support for conscious food systems alliance & its consciousness based work

  • $103,439

    Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2023

    Support for research on consciousness and free will

  • $25,000

    Foundational Questions Institute · Decatur, GA · 2023

    Support for research on agency, intelligence and consciousness

  • $10,000

    Conscious Capitalism · Warren, MI · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2022

    Support for research on consciousness and free will

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • World Conference of Religions for Peace5 grants · $3.1M
  • Pvblic Foundation1 grant · $2.0M
  • Chapman University3 grants · $1.5M
  • On Being Project5 grants · $1.5M
  • Tides Center6 grants · $990,000
  • Baylor University - Office of Sponsored Programs2 grants · $825,000
  • 21643 grants · $825,000
  • Initiatives of Change International1 grant · $765,000
  • Inner-City Muslim Action Network2 grants · $700,000
  • Brandeis University3 grants · $620,000

Giving over time

$17.1M
2022
$10.5M
2023
$12.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 893 grants.

  • $2.4M

    World Conference of Religions for Peace · New York, NY · 2024

    To promote shared flourishing within religions for peace's global network

  • $2.0M

    Pvblic Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support for the coalition for faith & media

  • $1.4M

    Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2022

    Support for a research collaboration between neuroscientists and philosophers

  • $800,000

    Baylor University - Office of Sponsored Programs · Waco, TX · 2023

    Toward longitudinal global study on casality in human flourishing executed by gallup

  • $765,000

    Initiatives of Change International · 2022

    General operating support

  • $534,460

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General operating support for their podcast and social healing programming

  • $500,000

    Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $500,000

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General operating support

  • $500,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $500,000

    Millennial Action Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Toward implementing the pluribus fellowship for young lawmakers

  • $450,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Collaboration with sacred design lab to research modern trends in spirituality

  • $400,000

    Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022

    Community giving

  • $400,000

    Perspectiva Systems Souls and Society · 2022

    General operating support

  • $400,000

    World Conference of Religions for Peace · New York, NY · 2022

    A partnership to build internal fundraising capacity

  • $300,000

    2164 · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development International · Clinton, MD · 2024

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Establish a national network of spiritual care providers with the chaplaincy innovation lab

  • $300,000

    Ebenezer Baptist Church · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $300,000

    2164 · New York, NY · 2022

    To create a training program on faith and spirituality for donor advisors

  • $300,000

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2022

    Establish a national network of spiritual care providers with the chaplaincy innovation lab

  • $300,000

    Millions of Conversations · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Supporting the depolarization summit and 3142 program

  • $300,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Support for the barber institute for moral leadership and public policy

  • $275,000

    Center for Public Justice · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support of a project mapping faith based child care providers

  • $267,230

    On Being Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General operating support

  • $250,530

    Film Collaborative Inc (the) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support the impact campaign for mission:joy film

  • $250,000

    New Disabled South · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Workmoney Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $245,000

    Inter-Religious Foundation for Community Organization · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $225,000

    2164 · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $225,000

    Open Future Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for the question project

  • $210,000

    Citizen University · Seattle, WA · 2023

    In support of civic saturdays and civic fellowship programs

  • $210,000

    Citizen University · Seattle, WA · 2022

    In support of citizen university's civic saturdays and civic fellowship programs

  • $200,000

    Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024

    In support of united today, stronger tomorrow's faith strategy

  • $200,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support for the revolutionary love project

  • $200,000

    Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Hindus for Human Rights · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Jews United for Justice · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Land Peace Foundation · Bangor, ME · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Milpa · Salinas, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Mission Talk · Clermont, FL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support for nuns & nones, an intergenerational spiritual community

  • $200,000

    Pastoral Care and Counseling Institute · Carrboro, NC · 2024

    For developing contemporary buddhist ethics to respond to pressing issues of our time

  • $200,000

    Pillars Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Public Religion Research Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Social Impact Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating support for free america

  • $200,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating support for kairos center for religions, rights & social justice

  • $200,000

    United Nations Development Programme · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support for conscious food systems alliance & its consciousness based work

  • $200,000

    World Conference of Religions for Peace · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Black Belt Justice Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Boundless Freedom Project · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Empower Initiative for Live Free Ca · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Faith in Public Life · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Faith Matters Network Collaborative · Nashville, TN · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Inner-City Muslim Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Jaia Youth · East Orange, NJ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Sawalmem · Redding, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Soulforce · Abilene, TX · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Undivided · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Incorporated · Greensboro, NC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Commonweal · Bolinas, CA · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance · Clinton, MD · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Institute of Church Administration and Management · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Just As I Am Youth Empowerment · East Orange, NJ · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Pastoral Care and Counseling Institute · Durham, NC · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Presencing Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    Redeeming Babel · Washington, DC · 2022

    To explore the civic character of christians in their institutional lives

  • $200,000

    Rootead Enrichment Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022

    General operating support to bipoc-led efforts for racial justice praxis participation

  • $200,000

    St Ethelburga'S Centre for Reconciliation and Peace · 2022

    To explore faith and moral courage by engaging diverse audiences

  • $200,000

    Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Support for the addition collective's faith-based organizing in southern rural areas

  • $186,000

    And Campaign (Institute) · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    In support of underrepresented faith voices in the public square

  • $180,000

    Council for a Parliament of the World'S Religions · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sponsorship of the 2023 parliament of the world's religion

  • $180,000

    Pillars Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating support

  • $180,000

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022

    In support of a symposium and book on the sacred and de-enimization

  • $175,000

    Donors of Color Network · Beaverton, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    British and Foreign Bible Society (the) · 2022

    Supporting production of a series of publications for conversation in the public domain

  • $175,000

    Los Angeles Lgbt Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support for leadership lab's canvassing on love as the common ground across difference

  • $175,000

    One Spirit Learning Alliance · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $175,000

    The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    Support for the harwood circle of catalytic funders

  • $173,750

    National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Support for the national religion and spirituality survey 2022 study

  • $161,500

    Inner Explorer · Franklin, MA · 2023

    Support for social and emotional learning that addresses meaning and purpose

  • $155,000

    St Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace · 2023

    To explore faith and moral courage by engaging diverse audiences

  • $150,000

    Faith in Action · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Faith in Public Life · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    The Synergos Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    In support of the spiritual civilization group

  • $150,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support of public dialogue series on faith and civic life

  • $150,000

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2023

    General operating support for dayenu

  • $150,000

    The Synergos Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    In support of the spiritual civilization group

  • $150,000

    Amoris Christi · Delray Beach, FL · 2022

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Black Mountain School of Theology & Community · Black Mountain, NC · 2022

    General operating support

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