Contemplative Practice

Humane Creativity and the Contemplative Mind, a study by Dr. Howard Gardner of contemplation's influence on humane creativity in the law, journalism, and other professions, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, $150,000 over three years

Peacemaking conference with the Dalai Lama using contemplative wisdom to address the problem of violence, Tibet House, New York, NY, $30,000 (1996 payment)

Exploration and encouragement of contemplative practice in American life, Project on the Contemplative Mind in Society, Seva Foundation, Williamsburg, MA, $150,000

Working Group on the Contemplative Mind, program development for the Project on the Contemplative Mind in Society, Seva Foundation, Williamsburg, MA. $14,000

Spiritual inspiration, education, and support for dying people, their caregivers, and health professionals, Institute for Contemplative Work with Dying People, Upaya Chapter of the Tiep Hien Order, Santa Fe, NM, $50,000 (including $25,000 from the health program)

Democratic Values

Leadership training for librarians on combating censorship, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, $52,000

Democracy Network, a new electronic communications system to provide voters with information about candidates and elected officials, Center for Governmental Studies, Los Angeles, CA, $40,000

Project to counter the militias and the far right in the Midwest, Center for New Community, Oak Park, IL, $25,000

Pacific Northwest groups working to understand and respond to the Religious Right, Coalition for Human Dignity, Seattle, WA, $35,000

New agenda for a civil society, Communications Consortium Media Center, Washington, DC, $15,000

Monitoring of attacks on arts and culture, Culture Watch, DataCenter, Oakland, CA, $35,000

Commission on Civil Society, to assess the condition of civil society and recommend improvements, Institute for American Values, New York, NY, $40,000

American News Service, to provide mainstream media with stories of democratic problem-solving in the areas of community-based arts, environment, and health, Institute for the Arts of Democracy, Brattleboro, VT, $50,000

Freedom Writer magazine, to expand content and circulation, Institute for First Amendment Studies, Great Barrington, MA, $25,000

Summit on Ethics and Meaning, a project to foster ethical, spiritual, and ecological sensitivity, Institute for Labor and Mental Health, New York, NY, $5,000

A Certain Trumpet, a project to build the capacity of progressive leaders to articulate and promote democratic values, Institute for Public Policy Advocacy, Washington, DC, $50,000

Holding the Center, a report on the challenges to the nonprofit sector, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, $20,000

Library forums examining national issues of culture and community, Libraries for the Future, New York, NY, $40,000

Efforts to counter racism, bigotry, and intolerance, Montana Human Rights Network, Helena, MT, $30,000

Education and advocacy around freedom of expression issues, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Seattle, WA, $50,000

Primer on civil rights and liberties, National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Seattle, WA, $25,000

The Emerging New Society: Toward a New Vision of Democracy, to identify effective models of institutional innovation in health, environment, and arts, National Center for Economic Alternatives, Washington, DC, $100,000 over two years

American Resources Information Network, to build state-based coalitions of diverse groups to counter attempts to eliminate the standards that protect the environment, National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, Washington, DC, $40,000

Funders Working Group on Democratic Rights and Values, New World Foundation, New York, NY, $4,900

Electronic clearinghouse for groups advocating freedom of expression, PEN American Center, New York, NY, $25,000

Artsave, research, technical assistance, and public education activities to protect freedom of the arts, People For the American Way, Washington, DC, $50,000

The Century Project, a "think tank without walls" to explore new solutions about fundamental issues at the heart of our democracy, Philanthropic Collaborative, New York, NY, $300,000 over two years

Information clearinghouse to help activists, journalists, and academics understand and respond to antidemocratic threats, Political Research Associates, Cambridge, MA, $40,000

Faith communities and grassroots movements working to raise moral and spiritual issues in public discourse, Call to Renewal, Sojourners, Washington, DC, $30,000

Communications and media work around the Call to Renewal, Sojourners, Washington, DC, $20,000

New Majority Education Fund, to develop coalitions of diverse groups that seek positive community change in health and environment areas, The Tides Center, San Francisco, CA, $40,000

Environment / Jewish Life

Assistance to Israeli community organizations for advocacy on environmental issues, Shatil, New Israel Fund, Washington, DC, $35,000 (1996 payment)

Commitment to Philanthropy

Alliance for Justice, $20,000; Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, $10,000; Council on Foundations, $32,330; Environmental Grantmakers Association, $3,000; Foundation Center, $5,000; Grantmakers in the Arts, $5,000; Grantmakers in Health, $5,000; Independent Sector, $7,500; Jewish Funders Network, $5,000; New York Regional Association of Grantmakers, $7,700; Women and Philanthropy, $2,000; Tides Center, for the Social Ventures Network, $2,500; Philanthropic Collaborative, for Grantmakers Concerned with Care at the End of Life, $10,000