Funding for a 2-3 day exploratory meeting on the topic of epidemiology of large-scale spiritual transformation with 15 participants to be held at Seasons Retreat Center.

To create and pilot assessments for measuring the effectiveness of dialogue-based interventions intentionally used to bridge political, spiritual, and other divides among the citizenry. Living Room Conversations (LRC) is a bridge-building dialogue methodology designed for face-to-face and online participation. An evaluation mechanism and/or case-study approach will be created, tested and revised, using LRCs as a pilot case and relying on past participants to provide longitudinal data.

Support for a research program that aims to answer an empirical question via close collaboration between neuroscientists and philosophers. In particular, we will test (I) whether human intentions are causally efficacious for our decisions and behavior; (2) what is the specific role of consciousness when intentions guide behavior; and (3) what, if any, is the difference between conscious control in deliberate versus arbitrary decisions.

IofCI recently elected new leadership and is in the process of developing new leadership and organizational processes and structures. The specific purpose of the project is to rejuvenate IofC’s vision, strategy, and organizational capacity by engaging in a set of organizational and programmatic activities that will further IofC’s global initiative for healing and trustbuilding.

Sponsorship of the 2019 Spirit of Humanity Forum on May 20 - June 1, 2019, in Iceland, which will encourage leaders and changemakers to explore what it means to live from the “inside-out” as well as the “outside-in,” and how this relational way of being supports a global transformation from fear and separation towards love and wholeness.

General support for The Actors' Ensemble in Chatham, NY. in it's mission “to honor and celebrate the heart of the theatre experience, which is in the hands of the actor.”

To address a complex system of challenges, the Inclusive America Project (IAP) of the Aspen Institute has invited foundations to participate in a field building effort in religious pluralism by creating a community of practice among funders. The goal of the Religious Pluralism Funders Circle will be to 1) advance knowledge base in the field of religious pluralism; 2) develop a shared language that makes the case for why funding religion matters; 3) achieve a shared understanding for strategic collaborative opportunities; and 4) create a learning community for reflection and sharing.

Support for Beacon House

As a longtime partner of the Institute, the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (C-Mind)’s mission is to transform higher education by supporting and encouraging the use of contemplative/introspective practices and perspectives to create active learning and research environments that look deeply into experience and meaning for all in service of a more just, compassionate, and democratic society.

Opportunity to co-create with the Kaufman Interfaith Institute to develop models for a local initiative to engage faith communities around American democracy. Kaufman and the Fetzer Institute will collaboratively develop a regional “laboratory” for building these efforts from the ground up working with various religious and secular groups using the interfaith and local media model.