For Corporations & Foundations

The Office of Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations within Naropa University’s Advancement Department works to secure financial support for Naropa’s unique mission and programs from businesses, foundations and government agencies, both locally and nationally. We also work to establish mutually beneficial relationships with these organizations and the people in them, in this way making important contributions to teaching, learning and other aspects of university life.

Highlights of Recent Grants to Naropa University:

• The Colorado Historical Society made a grant of $213,482 to support restoration of the historic Lincoln Elementary School Building, the centerpiece of Naropa’s Arapahoe Campus.
• The Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism has established three scholarships for Naropa students. In addition, the foundation made a grant of $145,428 to launch the Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education and a summer seminar for college professors on contemplative education, to be held in 2007.
• The W.K. Kellogg Foundation made a grant of $100,000 to support the Reb Zalman Legacy Project and its work on spiritual approaches to social transformation.
• The William Randolph Hearst Foundation made a grant of $75,000 for scholarships for undergraduate students from underserved populations.
• The Daniels Fund made a $75,000 scholarship grant as part of its Daniels Opportunity Award program.
• The National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Save America’s Treasures and the GRAMMY Foundation have all made significant grants to help Naropa University preserve its unique audio archive. The archive includes thousands of hours of recordings of the many poets and writers who have visited Naropa’s Summer Writing Program since its founding in 1974 by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman. Many of the recordings can now be heard online at the Internet Archive, www.archive.org.
• Twelve local businesses and foundations made gifts to sponsor Compassion in Action Days 2006. Major sponsors included Wells Fargo, The Daily Camera and the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.

If your business or foundation would like to make a gift to support Naropa University, please contact us at advancement@naropa.edu or 303-546-3575.