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Grants paid by Unlikely Collaborators Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 88-0946264 · Wichita, KS · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22
In tax year 2023, Unlikely Collaborators Foundation (EIN 88-0946264) reported 33 grants paid totaling $2,364,360. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | U | $779,372 | paid | Support Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett's research and writing into the evolution and development of the human brain to understand meaning-making and the Science of the Perception Box, unifying human affect, emotion, motivation, cognition, and action. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Project Ijtihad DBA Moral Courage Project Brooklyn, NY | U | $230,000 | paid | Supporting the development of curriculum focused on teaching people tools to turn contentious issues into constructive conversations rooted in the belief that considering different points of view and opinions allows one's walls of their Perception Box to expand. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Pen America Los Angeles, CA | U | $128,138 | paid | Support the launch of the Emerging Voices Program in Los Angeles, creating a space for artistic and self exploration, community building, and professional networking for early-career writers from underserved communities. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Naropa University Boulder, CO | B | $127,250 | paid | Provide psychedelic training scholarships and retreats for underrepresented groups, co-sponsoring the MAPS PS2023 Conference, the Naropa Tea House and supporting the Psilocybin Facilitator Program aimed at using psychedelics in therapy. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Street Poets Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $102,000 | paid | Support the Seeking Poetry Peace & Meditation Workshop, Poetry in Motion Van Pop-Up, and Poetry Open Mic Events, teaching students how personal stories shape and expand their perceptions of themselves and the world around them. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Holistic Life Foundation Baltimore, MD | B | $100,000 | paid | Support the expansion to six new cities across the U.S. of the "Mindful Moment," a program that teaches mindfulness to students and teachers as an alternative to detention by facilitating yoga and mindfulness-based programming to teach students and staff how to be in the moment and find a sense of peace reducing impulsive and disruptive behaviors. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Inside Outside Circle Foundation (dba Inside Circle) Sacramento, CA | D | $80,000 | paid | Support group therapy programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals addressing issues of cognitive, behavioral and spiritual from an evidence-based group therapy paradigm that is recommended for addressing trauma and PTSD all in an effort to reduce recidivism and all forms of violence- physical, emotional, and psychological. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Kalw Public Media Inc San Francisco, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | Support the "Uncuffed Program," empowering incarcerated individuals in California to explore their Perception Box through storytelling and podcast production. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Harvest Home Santa Monica, CA | B | $75,000 | paid | Support the creation of a meditation garden for unhoused pregnant women as the organization nurtures women, and empowers and equips residents during the critical periods of pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum bonding. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | The Health Museum Houston, TX | U | $55,000 | paid | Grant support for the salary of an art therapist working with Unlikely Collaborators to develop and create a Perception Box exhibit and implement art-based initiatives to expand health perspectives at the Health Museum. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Tiny Room Gives Inglewood, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | Support the launch of 'Perception Box Nights," with a goal of integrating wellness and mindfulness into the music community in Inglewood, CA. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Film Collaborative Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $50,000 | paid | Support the impact campaign for "Black Barbie," a documentary about the creation of the first Black Barbie in 1980, highlighting the importance of representation and the role of dolls in shaping identity and imagination. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Prison Yoga Project Inc San Diego, CA | C | $50,000 | paid | Support healing-centered approach to addressing crime, substance use disorder, and mental health disorders by providing programs rooted in yoga and mindfulness all with the mission of having a lasting impact on participants and their Perception Box. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | The Yard Theater Los Angeles, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | Support "Fairy Tale Courtroom," a youth summer program where kids apply Perception Box exercises to different improvisational scenarios, illustrating how behaviors can be assisted by understanding our feelings and thoughts. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Swan Songs Austin, TX | B | $30,000 | paid | Support Community Affiliates in providing private concerts for individuals near the end of life, fostering connection, reflection, and dignity for them and their families. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Harvest Home Santa Monica, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | Support the Alumnae Program, dedicated to transforming the lives of unhoused pregnant women and their children by providing housing, support, and programs that help them become great mothers while expanding their Perception Box and building empathy through shared experiences. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | American Red Cross - la Region Los Angeles, CA | U | $25,000 | paid | Support healing workshops for veterans including "Mind-Body" workshops to improve emotional intelligence, well as "Resiliency" workshops to help boost coping skills for service members and their loved after deployment and during reintegration into civilian life. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Vista del Mar Child and Family Services Los Angeles, CA | B | $25,000 | paid | To support the growth of Vista School's enrichment programming, providing trauma-responsive continuum of services to empower children, youth, and families to help youth change their perceptions of themselves and their traumas and challenges. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Yoga Alliance Foundation Arlington, VA | C | $25,000 | paid | Support the growth of the "Yoga in Refugee Communities Program," making yoga accessible to underserved communities and a point of entry for introducing yoga as one tool to strengthen individual and community health and well-being, and to foster a better and more peaceful world. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Motus Theater Boulder, CO | B | $25,000 | paid | Support the TRANSformative Stories Project, where participants create autobiographical monologues about their experiences with gender oppression and liberation, helping them replace false narratives with affirming ones that highlight their powerful humanity. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Music and Memory Moneola, NY | D | $25,000 | paid | Supports the development of new training programs that equip staff with the skills to provide compassionate care for individuals with advanced dementia, focusing on connecting with patients' pasts to foster moments of happiness and joy. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | #halfthestory Western Springs, IL | B | $25,000 | paid | Support the Social Media U program at a Los Angeles school creating a safe and nurturing space for youth to cultivate a healthier relationship with social media, fostering healthier online connection and improving often distorted perceptions of self & others. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Alliance for Childhood Diseases Las Vegas, NV | B | $25,000 | paid | Alliance for Childhood Diseases will empower pediatric oncology clinicians and support staff to expand their Perception Box through greater consciousness and awareness by teaching mentally restorative tools such as meditation to relieve high levels of stress. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Indianapolis, IN | B | $25,000 | paid | To provide scholarships for youth attending the Sleepawake Camp, a 4-week residential immersive for 18-30-year-olds looking for transformation, deep connection, community and expanded Perception Box. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Upchieve Brooklyn, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Support the socio-emotional enhancement of volunteer training for youth with a focus on Implicit bias, the concept that everyone subconsciously makes judgments and assumptions about people based on characteristics like race, gender, religion and more. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Purpose Build Families Fort Lauderdale, FL | U | $25,000 | paid | Support the PAIRS Essential relationship skills training for individuals from low-income, homeless, Veteran and at-risk backgrounds the skills to deepen self-awareness, self-esteem, and develop advanced knowledge of foundational skills for strengthening relationships with family, friends and social support networks expanding the walls of their Perception Box. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Hadanou Collective Denver, CO | C | $25,000 | paid | Support Asian Girls Ignite's middle school program focused on community building, storytelling and AAPI representation, teaching students to have compassion for others as they discover their own personal identities as well as new ways to see and be seen. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | The UCLA Foundation Los Angeles, CA | B | $20,000 | paid | Sponsorship for UCLA 2023 Wisdom of Wellness Summit designed to nurture the body, mind, and spirit, while supporting mental health research, education, and patient care programs at UCLA. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Creative Visions Foundation Malibu, CA | B | $15,100 | paid | Support the "Take Me Out Feet First" documentary sharing the stories of terminally ill people openly discussing death and dying. The hope is to create a space to process these emotions. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | The Chris Wilson Foundation Baltimore, MD | C | $15,000 | paid | Support programs that prepare prisoners that centers on personal relationships, resilience, development and agency for reentry into society when released. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | Create Now Inc Los Angeles, CA | B | $12,500 | paid | Empower youth to overcome beliefs that hold them back by showing them new ways of seeing and being seen through the arts. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | School of Unusual Life Learning Racine, WI | C | $10,000 | paid | Provide general operating support to the school for personal transformation that teaches wisdom, somatic awareness and to embrace a life that includes death. | 202423199349105662 |
| 2023 | The Source School Freeport, ME | B | $10,000 | paid | Support the education of students' deep connection to themselves, their community and nature through being grounded in a connection to the core self, enabling students and educators to learn ways to connect with their true selves and to use that connection to develop meaningful connection with others. | 202423199349105662 |
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