California Institute of Integral Science (CIIS) has been an historic partner of the Institute and the leading American university focusing on mind/body/spirit health, spiritual growth, and transformation of consciousness. Support for a fund to aid students who have lost employment and enable California Institute of Integral Science to assist additional students who are struggling to meet living expenses and tuition in the present economic downturn.

EJI provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. We challenge the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people.

The Huss Project's work is dedicated to “creative collaboration” in service to youth and marginalized groups in the Three Rivers, MI area. Huss fosters space for collaboration, reconciliation, and transformation with practices of social justice, both tangibly and spiritually.

2020 Sponsorship for the Festival of Faiths Conference.

General operating support for The Hermitage - a retreat community offering a range of contemplative practices and services central to spiritual growth and development. Seeking to “create an environment of attentiveness to God,” The Hermitage has been a positive, collaborative spiritual partner of GilChrist for the past twenty-five years.

Funds to be dispersed by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation Fund and volunteer donation matches.

General support for The Berry Center. For more than 50 years, Wendell Berry has been one of the prophetic voices lifting up the increasingly destructive results of our failure to live in sacred relationship with the natural world. The Center is doing important work both in spreading Berry’s message and in developing new models of sustainable agriculture.

EJI provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. We challenge the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people.

Inspired by the bestselling The Book of Joy and supported by an award-winning production team, the Institute will support the Mission Joy film and co-create the outreach campaign.

A partnership with Religions for Peace (RfP) over two years would enable RfP to build its internal fundraising capacity and increase its operational revenue stream. RfP is a unique, well-established crucial partner with a large global network that brings together faith leaders who play a vital role in dealing with war, poverty, and many other challenges at local, regional, and international levels.