To develop and launch a Faith and Civic Engagement Request for Proposals (RFP) process, in partnership with the Democracy Fund and PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement). The intent of these RFPs will be to identify and support faith-based initiatives that are building bridges across divisions at the local and national levels, with a particular emphasis on rural and midwestern communities.

General support for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, a state-based moral movement which centers the voices and leadership of the poor and moral leaders from every (and no) faith background.

A collaboration with the Millennial Action Project (MAP) to develop a comprehensive narrative frame of radical bridge-building in American democracy. The project will also explore ways to deepen the spiritual and leadership development capacity of MAP. Moreover, this collaboration will allow MAP to refine and amplify their overall public communication strategy to effectively influence American political discourse and culture.

As part of the Institute's Study of Spirituality in America, to further Fetzer's understanding of spirituality today by using the 2019 data set to explore topics relevant to the principal investigator's field of study and expertise.

Part of the Institute's Study of Spirituality in America, to further Fetzer's understanding of spirituality today by using the 2019 data set to explore topics relevant to the principal investigator's field of study and expertise. Research Project: Accountability: Spirituality in America Today in Global and Temporal Perspective.

This project will expand One America Movement’s (OAM) science-based training on polarization to local faith leaders through a new Michigan chapter. It will also scale OAM’s efforts through the “Corona Rebuild” 2020 media campaign and by hiring additional trainers to meet the demand for their religious leaders training program.

To further Fetzer's understanding of spirituality today by using the 2019 data set to explore topics relevant to the principal investigator's field of study and expertise.

As part of the Institute's Study of Spirituality in America, to further Fetzer's understanding of spirituality today by using the 2019 data set to explore topics relevant to the principal investigator's field of study and expertise.

In the shifting cultural and religious landscape in the United States, people are expressing their spiritual needs in new ways and asking for spiritual care in various non-traditional settings such as neighborhoods, shopping malls, workplaces, airports, schools, police stations, and public events. New roles are emerging for chaplains – now often called spiritual care providers – to serve people’s diverse spiritual needs in various contexts.

Co-funding for new research that examines how adaptive coping styles, driven by contemplative practices, support better mental health and optimal physical states (identified through less telomere erosion). The research team, led by Cliff Saron of the University of California, Davis, will test the hypothesis that greater meditation experience will mitigate the negative relationship between stress exposure and telomere length within the context of the many attendant challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.