Funding search · EIN 880928669 · West Hollywood, CA

Unlikely Collaborators

Name: Unlikely Collaborators grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

53
grants reported: $6.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $75,000
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.

What they fund

mindfulness community emotional high more people perception perspectives

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Kalw Public Media2 grants · $877,704
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc Dba the Moth2 grants · $871,784
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute2 grants · $666,667
Naropa University1 grant · $572,000
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute1 grant · $333,333
University of Miami1 grant · $299,004
Fireside Project2 grants · $236,357
End Well Foundation1 grant · $154,000
Mass Design Group1 grant · $150,000
Dougy Center the National Grief Center for Children & Families1 grant · $136,500

Giving over time

$393,333

2022

$1.3M

2023

$5.1M

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$621,784
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc Dba the Moth · New York, NY · 2024
See part iv
$572,000
Naropa University · Boulder, CO · 2024
See part iv
$560,500
Kalw Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
See part iv
$333,334
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
See part iv
$333,333
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support programs, tools, and content on mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, empathy, compassion, resilience, and leadership, promoting sustainable well-being, motivation, and high performance for teams, organizati… read allSupport programs, tools, and content on mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, empathy, compassion, resilience, and leadership, promoting sustainable well-being, motivation, and high performance for teams, organizations and individuals. less
$333,333
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Humanizing workplace
$317,204
Kalw Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2023
A project that will spark, empower, and guide a series of projects featuring the pairing of unlikely collaborators to unlock new perspectives.
$299,004
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
See part iv
$250,000
Storyville Center for the Spoken Word Inc Dba the Moth · New York, NY · 2023
Promote understanding and connection through the art and craft of storytelling, and to honor and celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience because Moth stories like, Perception Boxes, honor a broad ran… read allPromote understanding and connection through the art and craft of storytelling, and to honor and celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience because Moth stories like, Perception Boxes, honor a broad range of experiences and enable us to see and be seen, to forge deeper connections with others, and to feel a shared sense of humanity. less
$154,000
End Well Foundation · Healdsburg, CA · 2024
See part iv
$150,000
Mass Design Group · Boston, MA · 2024
See part iv
$136,500
Dougy Center the National Grief Center for Children & Families · Portland, OR · 2024
See part iv
$136,357
Fireside Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024
See part iv
$125,000
Entertainment Industry Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$125,000
Mindshift Recovery · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Support the development of a national addiction recovery community, programs to bring the Mindshift method to recovery residences and similar environments to help people break out of existing habits and modes of thinkin… read allSupport the development of a national addiction recovery community, programs to bring the Mindshift method to recovery residences and similar environments to help people break out of existing habits and modes of thinking into wider, more expansive perspectives, and eventually can create societal change. less
$109,353
Mindfulness First · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
See part iv
$107,890
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$100,000
Bring Change 2 Mind · San Francisco, CA · 2024
See part iv
$100,000
Open Source Wellness · El Cerrito, CA · 2024
See part iv
$100,000
Sounds True Foundation · Lafayette, CO · 2024
See part iv
$100,000
Street Poets · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$100,000
Fireside Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support the growth of the psychedelic hotline to increase free integration support, help more people avoid emergency services and avoid physical or emotional harms by training 400 volunteers over the next two years. Tha… read allSupport the growth of the psychedelic hotline to increase free integration support, help more people avoid emergency services and avoid physical or emotional harms by training 400 volunteers over the next two years. That training, followed by a year of service, is inherently Perception Box-expanding by teaching people the limits of their own world views and systems of thinking and cultivating a sense of humility and service. less
$92,500
Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
See part iv
$85,200
Arts for Healing and Justice Network · Long Beach, CA · 2024
See part iv
$75,000
American Red Cross - La Region · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$75,000
Garrison Institute · Garrison, NY · 2024
See part iv
$75,000
Igda Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
See part iv
$75,000
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education · Attleboro, MA · 2024
See part iv
$75,000
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science · Houston, TX · 2024
See part iv
$75,000
The Peace Studio · New York, NY · 2023
Support the launch of the "Artist as a Catalyst" program in Los Angeles, investing in emerging artistic leaders to harness their creative potential, overcome self-doubt, and maximize their impact on their community and … read allSupport the launch of the "Artist as a Catalyst" program in Los Angeles, investing in emerging artistic leaders to harness their creative potential, overcome self-doubt, and maximize their impact on their community and the world. less
$74,000
Dear Jack Foundation · Littleton, CO · 2024
See part iv
$69,000
Medicinal Media · San Diego, CA · 2024
See part iv
$60,000
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
Mindfulness research
$52,000
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather Lakes, CO · 2024
See part iv
$50,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
See part iv
$50,000
Mindful Life Project · Richmond, CA · 2024
See part iv
$50,000
Motus Theater · Boulder, CO · 2024
See part iv
$50,000
Wholeschool Mindfulness · Wrentham, MA · 2024
See part iv
$50,000
The University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
To support a research project focused on strengthening cognitive resilience in high-demand cohorts with mindfulness training.
$45,000
Closegap · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
See part iv
$45,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$45,000
The Foundation for Art and Healing · Brookline, MA · 2024
See part iv
$43,000
Usona Institute · Madison, WI · 2024
See part iv
$40,000
Walker West Music Academy · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
See part iv
$31,750
Magik Magik Orchestra · Sausalito, CA · 2024
See part iv
$30,000
Hope Is Alive Ministries · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
See part iv
$26,280
Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024
See part iv
$25,000
International Documentary Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$25,000
Unusual Suspects Theatre Co · Pasadena, CA · 2024
See part iv
$23,500
New Directions for Women · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
See part iv
$23,000
Kindness Org · New York, NY · 2024
See part iv
$15,000
Yard Theater · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$5,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
See part iv

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.