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12 funders with a record of paying for “consciousness”
Where the money went
Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
20 matching grants · $12.1M · through 2024Largest: $967,327 to REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CA - LOS ANGELES — supporting research for a novel technique to detect consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness (doc) and a new therapy based on focused ultrasound to regain consciou…
David Lynch Foundation for ConsciousnessNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $582,513 · through 2024Largest: $162,499 to MAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC — consciousness-based education
Largest: $918,280 to AMERICAN ACAD OF PED INC — 81340 building a race-conscious approach to strengthening pediatric policy and research
Global Peace AllianceLexington, KYCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2025Largest: $1.6M to MAHARISHI VEDIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION — to support the organization in its efforts to promote technologies of consciousness.
Largest: $24,534 to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS GREATER COLUMBUS — matching contribution (general operating support)
Largest: $200,000 to UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME — general operating support for conscious food systems alliance & its consciousness based work
Largest: $28,900 to Campion Consciousness Research — challenge grant award winners for the "survival of human consciousness after death" contest
Largest: $75,000 to Trinity University — trinity youth scholars program: developing latinx critical consciousness and transforming educational pathways to higher education
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $270,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM INC — this grant is designated for general support.
Largest: $2.8M to CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE — promoting diversity and social consciousness within healthcare
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $700,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to NEW MEXICO IN DEPTH INC — enable the organization to achieve its mission to produce investigative, data-rich stories and raise public consciousness and uplift community-driven solutions by providing general…
Largest: $200,000 to ST BARBARA INSTITUTE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES — contemplative research and education.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →