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 2022–2024. 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
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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