TRUST FOR THE MEDITATION PROCESS

Financial Information

Total Assets: $4,742,930

Total Giving: $171,506

Area of Service:

National; international

Areas of Interest:

Not Available

Programs

None

Grants

The following grants were reported in 2006:
$22,280 to Contemplative Ministry Project – The Bishop’s Ranch, Healdsburg, CA, for project administration and development, including coordinator stipend website contemplative ministry experience & grantwriting, payable over 1 year.
$20,000 to Contemplative Outreach, Butler, NJ, For a database implemenatation project, payable over 1 year.
$19,000 to John Main Institute, US Tuscon, AZ, For five project training mediatation teachers or printing educational materials, payable over 1 year. $15,000 to Prison Dharma Network, Boulder, CO, For further support of a meditation-based program on self-transformation & leadership for incarcerated juveniles, payable over 1 year.
$10,225 to West Chester University – Department Of Counselling And Educational Psychology, West Chester, PA, For a school-based mindfulness curriculum for adolescents, payable over 1 year.
$8,000 to Alternatives With Education Let’s Statrt, St. Louis, MO, To conduct meditation program in five Missouri prisons, payable over 1 year.
$6,140 to Episcopal House Of Prayer, Collegeville, MN, To furnish a meditation and yoga room in a new satellite facility the house of prayer in the city a joint project with St. Mark’s Cathedral in Minneapolis, payable over 1 year.
$5,100 to St. Mary’s College Of California, Moraga, CA, For recording equipment to produce meditation CDs in Spanish and English, payable over 1 year.
$4,450 to Canadian Christian Meditation Community, Cantley, QC, To support teacher training and development a national conference and a yoga and meditation retreat, payable over 1 year.
$4,000 to Hesed Community, Oakland, CA, For new equipment & supplies for an annual retreat director and for the 25th anniversary celebration, payable over 1 year.
$4,000 to Christos Center For Spiritual Formation, Lino Lakes, MN, For Faculty Honoraria in the contemplative prayer portion of the Spiritual Direction Program, payable over 1 year.

Limitations

Giving on a national and international basis, primarily in the U.S.

Summary

Giving to organizations that reclaim and teach Christian contemplative traditions that introduce meditation in the Christian community or that further understanding of contemplative practice in all spiritual traditions.

Additional

Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation.
Established in 1986 in MN.

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

http://www.trustformeditation.org/

Located in:

Minneapolis,

National; international

United States

Contact Information / Process

Phone: (612) 825-3116

Email: Not available

Address:
2751 Hennepin Ave. S., No. 259
Minneapolis, MN 55408-1002

Procedure:
See trust web site for application guidelines and requirements. Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:
1. Results expected from proposed grant
2. Statement of problem project will address
3. Brief history of organization and description of its mission
4. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
5. Copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget
Initial approach: Submit online inquiry form
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): Spring and Fall
Deadline(s): May 1 for full proposal
Final notification: Aug.

Donors & Leadership

Donors:
Stephen M. Taylor

Officers and Trustees:
Carole Baker, Chairperson
Rev. Ward Bauman
Robert Taylor
Helen Welter
Mary White
Charles Wright

Directors:
Martha Bolinger

EIN:

416286503

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