Annual Grants Awarded

Overview

Funding projects that meet our mission.

The Foundation proactively identifies and invites organizations to submit proposals for consideration. Grants will be directed to support the Foundation's main focus area to advance mediation and conflict resolution practices by integrating them into alternative crisis response initiatives and support community-centered approaches to public safety and law enforcement engagement.

$8.7M +

IN GRANTS FUNDED

Since the inception of 2015, the Foundation has funded $8,708,347 in grants through the Annual Grant Program.

$360K +

AVERAGE GRANT 2025

The average grant amount for the 2025 Annual Grant Cycle.

3/100

PROJECTS FUNDED

In 2025, the Foundation funded 3 organizations advancing dispute resolution. 100 projects have been funded through the Annual Grant Program to date.

No Other Annual Grantees List found for this selected year.

Project

University of California Hastings College of the Law | 016 Summer International Court ADR Institute

$25,000 to fund five-day training program in court-connected alternative dispute resolution design for non-US lawyers, judges and court professionals.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,000

Project

Prison of Peace | 2016 Valley State Prison Mediation Training Program

$25,000 to fund a 40- hour Mediation workshop for 30 – 50 inmates

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,000

Project

Consensus Building Institute | Innovative ADR in Groundwater Sustainability to Manage California Drought

$25,000 for CBI to highlight and promote the use and the central role of ADR in connection with the implementation of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,000

Project

Training for Mediating Parties with Mental Health Issues

$24,998 to fund scalable mediation training for certified peer specialists to serve an underserved population of peers living with mental health issues. Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of John Jay College: The Dispute Resolution in Mental Health Initiative.

GRANT AMOUNT

$24,998

Project

Cultivating Dialogue Between Dominant and Non-Dominant Communities in Minnesota

$24,998 for OCDR/DRI to conduct a transformative project to produce qualitative change in the type of engagement currently taking place between dominant and non-dominant communities in Minnesota. Minnesota State Office for Collaboration and Dispute Resolution Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law 2016 Talk with Purpose: Using Dispute Resolution to Engage Communities and Foster Relationships for Constructive Change.

GRANT AMOUNT

$24,998

Project

Minnesota State Office for Collaboration and Dispute Resolution and Dispute Resolution Institute at Mitchell Hamline University School of Law 2016 | Talk with Purpose: Using Dispute Resolution to Engage Communities and Foster Relationships for Constructive Change

$24,998 for OCDR/DRI to conduct a transformative project to produce qualitative change in the type of engagement currently taking place between dominant and non-dominant communities in Minnesota.

GRANT AMOUNT

$24,998

Project

Essential Partners

$24,997.50 to expand the capacity of a community dialogue program in North Carolina, cultivating relationships of trust between police, activists, and citizens through dialogues on race, public safety, and community-police relations.

GRANT AMOUNT

$24,997