Our focus is short-term projects where a small grant can make a credible impact and result in clearly identifiable outcomes. we make 20 to 40 grants annually. Initial awards are typically small – $3,000 to $5,000 – and projects funded include:

• Workshops, lectures or retreats
• Sabbaticals, retreats and other development for meditation teachers or group leaders.
• Books, supplies and equipment for meditation and spiritual growth centers. 
• Efforts to better expand and build the capacity of programs in Christian contemplation and address barriers to practice.  
• Research on meditation,  East/West meditation dialogue, and meditation curriculum development.
• Publications that effectively spread critical perspectives on meditation.

Because contemplative practice is a worldwide movement, we do not limit grants to the United States.  Grants to endowment and capital campaigns are very rare.  We do not contribute to annual fundraising or membership appeals.