Meet our grantees.

Reclaiming the Outdoors

Healing Practices for Grief

Indigenous Wellbeing

Wellness for Disabled Communities

Trans, GNC, and Nonbinary Wellness

Accessible Wellbeing

COVID-19 Relief Grants

Summer 2022

Reclaiming the outdoors.

We provided $5,000 to ten people holding space for their people to experience the outdoors.

Branché Foston

‍she/her
Founder, The Honey Block

Chino Hardin

he/him
Co-Executive Director, Center for Nu Leadership

Chrystani Heinrich

‍she/they
Compton Girls Club

Pandora Thomas

‍she/her
Founder and Lead Land Steward at EARTHseed Farm

Raquel Gomez

(she/her)
Atabey Outdoors

Samad Hinton

he/him
‍‍Founder, BLK Beetles

Spring 2022

Healing practices for grief.

This Spring, we distributed $50,000 across ten leaders helping their communities process the complexities of grief in the midst of a political, social, and economic crisis.

Ayesha Walker

‍she/her
‍Cofounder, CEO of BE-IMAGINATIVE

Ekua Adisa

‍they/them
‍Gender Expansive Liberationist Medicine Person

Julia Mallory

‍she/they
‍Founder, Black Mermaids

Katherin Canton

‍they/them
‍Cofounder, Toj + Tijax

Lotus Do

‍he/him
‍Founder, Financial Liberation Movement

Mangda Sengvanhpheng

‍she/her
‍Founder, BACII

Oceana Sawyer

‍they/she
‍End of Life Doula

Paulina Almarosa

‍she/her
‍Founder, Latinx Grief

Louis Mitchell

‍he/him
‍Reverend, Activist

Veronica Agard

‍she/her
‍Founder, Ancestors in Training

Winter 2021

Indigenous wellbeing.

In this grant round, we provided $50,000 in unrestricted support for wellness leaders native to the lands now known as the U.S. and its territories.

Ash “Lightning Woman” Frandsen

(they/them)
Indigenous Karuk and Yaruk ceremonial leader

Brooke Rodriguez

(she/her)
Co-founder, The Grinding Stone Collective

Joseph Dupris

(he/him)
Assistant Professor of Linguistic and Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Joshua Biron

(he/him)
Anishinaabe Cultural Specialist, Anishaable Agriculture

Krysta Venora

(they/them)
Founder, Pink Opal Magic

Laura Yohualtlahuiz Rios-Ramirez

(she/they)
Co-founder of De Corazón Circles and Kalpulli Ayolopaktzin

Raeanne Madison

(she/her)
Founder, Postpartum Healing Lodge

Sally Ortiz Castro

(they/she/nosotrxs)
Transgenerational counselor, Acupuncturist and Reiki practitioner

Tomas Ramirez

(he/him)
Executive Director, Semillas y Raices

Fall 2021

Wellness for disabled communities.

Wellness spaces routinely overlook the needs of disabled people. For this grant round, we're honored to support these ten leaders who are redefining access to care – including sexual wellness, embodied movement, community gatherings, mutual aid, and more – for their communities.

Chelsey Thomas

they/them
Sexuality Educator

Damon "Shuja" Johnson

he/him
Black Men Speak, Inc.

India Harville

she/her
‍Embraced Body

Karen Faulkner

Yoga Instructor

Kristie Cabrera

they/she
‍Occupational Therapist

Margaret Andersen

she/her
TouchBot Pleasure Tech

Micaela Zamora

Community Aid

Natasha Thomas

them/me
‍Black Creative Healing

Raegan Robinson

she/they
Yoga Instructor

Roshni Kavate

she/her
‍Grief Healer

Summer 2021

Trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming wellbeing.

Creating inclusive spaces for the trans, nonbinary and gender-conforming population isn't merely about representation, but thoughtfully curated spaces and intentional leadership. We're inspired by these ten leaders, each holding space for themselves and their communities.

Adrian-Xavier Scott

they/them
The Transistance Network

Ash Canty

they/he
Sovereign Spirit Death Care

Betania Ridenour

they/them
Somatic Experience Practitioner

C. Marie Long

they/them
‍Nature Center for Meditation

Dandelion Hill

Peer Support Space

Megan (Pumehana) Cabral

they/them
Founder, Queer Kanaka

Stef Mandingo

Founder, Keep It Cute

Xā Carter

Founder, Xude Yoga

Zami Tinashe Hyemingway

Spiritus Wellness

Zel Amanzi

they/he
Rest In Power Yoga + Reiki

SPRING/SUMMER 2021

COVID-19 Relief Aid

The onslaught of the pandemic shattered the economic infrastructure of the wellness community. Many wellness leaders found themselves out of employment, with facilities shuttered and physical gatherings on hold indefinitely. Unlike other grant rounds, which weigh the effectiveness and ingenuity of leaders in our consideration process, these relief funds were distributed on a rolling basis. We granted based on the amount of monthly revenue lost to COVID-19, which was defined by the applicant.

From March – August 2020, we granted $169,080 in emergency relief to 101 wellness leaders. Recipients of this grant were kept anonymous to protect their privacy. These funds were raised by both individuals and corporations on GoFundMe.
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SPRING 2021

Innovative approaches to care.

To kick-off our 2021 year of granting, we opened a grant round without a population or modality focus to hear from innovative leaders making wellness more accessible in their own way. The work of these grantees redefines what wellness looks like in form and practice.