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

CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College

$30,000 to fund online access to conflict resolution resources for families worldwide dealing with mental illness.

GRANT AMOUNT

$30,000

Project

King County Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution

$29,850 to fund the Theatre of Mediation where mediators, actors and students present role-play mediations based on real cases involving themes of racial conflict to schools, community groups and in public forums.

GRANT AMOUNT

$29,850

Project

African Arbitration Association

$25,750 to develop and publish Africa-related standards and guidelines on international arbitration practices by performing a needs-analysis and conceptualizing and formulating the necessary documentation and conducting train the trainer sessions.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,750

Project

Promoting Peace Through Leadership and ADR Training for Women in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela

$25,500 for training scholarships to enable women community leaders to complete four days of advanced mediation and community leadership training. Mediators Beyond Borders International—Women in Peacebuilding.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,500

Project

Promoting Peace Through Leadership and ADR Training for Women in Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand

$25,500 for training scholarships required to enable women community leaders from Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand to complete four days of advanced mediation and community leadership training in Djakarta, Indonesia. Mediators Beyond Borders International—Women Peacebuilding: Enhancing Skills and Practice Training.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,500

Project

The Curators of The University of Missouri: Reasoning in International Commercial Arbitration

Comparisons Across the Common Law-Civil Law Divide, the Domestic-International Divide, and the Judicial - Arbitral Divide: $25,396 to fund research on arbitral reasoning in arbitral awards.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,396

Project

Conflict De-Escalation Training for Police Officers in Baltimore Schools

$25,040 to fund training for Baltimore City School Police and other school staff. University of Maryland Training in Conflict De-Escalation and Management.

GRANT AMOUNT

$25,040