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12 funders with a record of paying for “meditation”
Where the money went
Behappy LivingDana Point, CA
16 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $804,000 to DHAMMA SUDHALAYA — meditation education
Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
7 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $299,052 to University of Haifa — grant supports a science of perception box study being conducted by university of haifa titled "the self, unbound: neurofeedback-assisted meditation for eliciting transformative se…
Largest: $69,900 to INSIGHT MEDITATION COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON — general & unrestricted
Largest: $734,819 to MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE — funding for meetings between western scientists and leading contemplative figures to study similarities and differences between western scientific practices and contemplative medit…
Khyentse FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $690,132 · through 2024Largest: $90,000 to HEAD OF THE TIBETAN NYINGMA MEDITATION CENTER (SARNATH INTERNATIONAL NYINGM — usa - year 3 of 3 year grant to support sini vision 2021-2024: supporting roots, study, transmission and collaboration of the dharma today.
Marin Community FoundationNovato, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $166,600 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER — scholarship and operating support
Swig FoundationSan Francisco, CA
11 matching grants · $53,750 · through 2024Largest: $10,500 to SPIRIT ROCK MEDITATION CENTER — dedicated to the teachings of the buddha as presented in the vipassana tradition.
The Stanley & JoyceBeverly Hills, CA
8 matching grants · $217,500 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION — to support prevention and eradication of the epidemic of trauma and toxic stress among at-risk populations through promoting widespread implementation of the transcendental meditat…
The Loh FoundationGrand Prairie, TX
8 matching grants · $15,600 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to CHUA TU VIEN PHAT AN TEMPLE — fellowship and meditation center.
Largest: $230,002 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — meditation and well-being fund
Largest: $5,000 to Vipassana Meditation Lebanon — to teach and learn the vipassanan meditation technique.
Boston FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $63,300 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Inc — operating support/annual fund
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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 →