Each proposal should help our Trustees understand your organization, your audience, your project and your budget.  We ask that you:

1. Include in a cover letter: 

• The purpose of the request (five lines maximum)
• Amount requested
• Name and phone number of the contact person for this grant
• How you heard about the Trust
• Signature of the organization’s chief officer or board chair

2. Briefly describe the mission and programs of your organization

3. Summarize the project:

Please tell us:

• How you plan to use the funds and what you hope to accomplish, including:
• What type of meditation is involved
• Who will teach it or speak about it 
  (their names, training, other qualifications)
• How the project will improve your teaching, expand your audience, or otherwise make your organization more effective at encouraging meditation practice
• When the project will be completed

For meditation courses or special lectures also include:

• What audience(s) you hope to reach and how you will reach them
• How you will determine fees or why fees are inappropriate

For translation, publishing or general promotion also include:

• What gap in the current meditation literature this project helps to fill
• How and to whom you will distribute/market the final product
• How you will determine the price or why fees are inappropriate

For the purchase of book/tapes/videos please include:

• How the materials will be used
• How you will determine the price or why fees are inappropriate

Books, tapes, or videos purchased with Trust funds may only be used to 1) restock a lending library, 2) sell to raise funds for the nonprofit organization, 3) distribute at cost to introduce meditation 4) educate staff

 4.  Give financial and legal information:

• An IRS letter classifying the organization as a tax-exempt nonprofit
• The names and affiliations of the organization’s Directors or Trustees
• A project budget with estimated expenses and revenues
• The organization’s total budget for the current year with both expenses and revenues
• The organization’s most recent financial statement, if one is prepared

 5. Limit the description of your organization and project  (#2 and #3)

to five pages or less.  Include brochures, annual reports or other background material as attachments.  We’ll contact you if we need more information.

6.  Mail your proposal and attachments to:

Trust for the Meditation Process
2751 Hennepin Ave. S.  #259
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Proposals should be postmarked by May 1.   
We do not accept proposals submitted as emails or email attachments.