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Seasons Fund for Social Transformation catalyzes vibrant and effective social change movements by coupling the power of personal transformation with the public work of creating a just and sustainable world. It is a collaborative effort led by several private foundations, and it springs from a shared belief that cultivating a rich inner life is both a worthy end in itself and an overlooked pathway to heightening the impact, effectiveness and sustainability of social change initiatives.

The Seasons Fund makes grants to help agents of social change view themselves, their work, and the world around them in a new light. Specifically, it supports opportunities for reflection and training aimed at fostering personal transformation, building leadership skills, promoting organizational development, forging effective coalitions, and cultivating new ways of envisioning our society. It also supports efforts to evaluate the impact of contemplative practices on social change initiatives.

Seasons works to:

• Catalyze money for the field through strategic donor organizing efforts;
• Cultivate connectedness, self-awareness and capacity to strengthen the field;
• Invest in broadening and deepening the work of social transformation through strategic grant-making; and
• Build Season’s organizational capacity to lead in this work.