New York · Nonprofit
THE GARRISON INSTITUTE
THE GARRISON INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,342,237 to it, the largest being LOSTAND FOUNDATION ($6,029,049). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $535k
What The Garrison Institute does
Mission
The Garrison Institute's mission is to apply the skills and wisdom cultivated through contemplative practice, together with the insights emerging from science, to today's urgent social and environmental challenges, leveraging transformational change and helping build a more compassionate, resilient future. We envision a future in which contemplation is widely recognized and practiced as a pathway to social and environmental transformation. Contemplation infuses our actions with the awareness that we live in a relational world, where everyone and everything is connected and interdependent. Together with insights from science and ethics, this awareness will increasingly be cultivated and applied to changing behaviors and mindsets, shifting the current paradigm towards a holistic, interconnected one.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The retreat center at garrison institute hosted over 50 in person retreats and events as well as 6 virtual retreats/courses with an array of spiritual master teachers teaching on topics from the world's wisdom traditions. The center's work focuses on exploring the intersection of personal and social transformation. This year we hosted over 3,000 attendees and welcomed people from all over the us and internationally.
$2,141,947 spentof which $8,039 as grants$1,869,037 earned by the program66% of program spendingThe contemplative based resilience program (cbr) offers resilence training in mind-body contemplative practices to support the well-being of helping professionals and changemakers such as health care workers, social workers, humanitarian staff, and others. One of the first programs of its kind, cbr offers evidence-based tools to deepen self-awareness and self-care, so attendees can "be well to serve well." in view of the vast need and demand, the cbr project now offers leadership courses for nonprofit leaders who can help their organizations adopt cbr tools. As cbr embarks on its third decade, the program continues its dedication to those people and organizations who dedicate themselves to serving others.
$356,067 spent$29,618 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe pathways to planetary health initiative recognizes that the wellbeing of people and earth are deeply interconnected. Its work builds understanding of planetary health through scientific inquiry and contemplative practice across traditions, through convening leaders, conducting applied research and strategically engaging with decisionmakers, developing leadership programs, and weaving contemplative practice throughout the work.
$216,817 spent$2,981 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther programs include fellowships, virtual programs, spirituality and social impact, and fiscal sponsorship for the healing-centered project.
$507,714 spent$722 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,222,545.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $440k (−60%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of THE GARRISON INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Karen Rennie Grossman
Executive director to 6/2024
Board chair
Jonathan Fp Rose
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $797k → $2.4M.
13 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE GARRISON INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE GARRISON INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
29% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE GARRISON INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 73% · 2019 76% · 2020 53% · 2021 50% · 2022 47% · 2023 54% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of THE GARRISON INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
80% of THE GARRISON INSTITUTE's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE GARRISON INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 13 funders to 25 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE GARRISON INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 10 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GARRISON INSTITUTE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GARRISON INSTITUTE?
- THE GARRISON INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,342,237 to it, the largest being LOSTAND FOUNDATION ($6,029,049). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GARRISON INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $11,342,237 in grants to THE GARRISON INSTITUTE, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GARRISON INSTITUTE?
- LOSTAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,029,049 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GARRISON INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 61 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing