How You Can Help

The Mind & Life Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been supported since 1987 by an exceptional group of deeply committed and visionary benefactors. To continue with our transformative mission, we welcome financial support at all levels. Your interest and generosity are greatly appreciated!
To support Mind and Life today by making an online donation, click here:

Or Mail a check to:

Mind and Life Institute
4 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
Attention: Lila Mereschuck

Mind & Life Institute also accepts large gifts by wire transfer or stock donation.  Please contact Gretchen Laise at (413) 387-0710 extension 113 for wire/stock transfer instructions.

As you plan your gift you may want to consider the following specially honored giving levels:

Sustaining Patrons ensure the long-range viability of the Mind & Life Institute, and are greatly honored financial partners and members of our Mind and Life family. With a commitment to give $30,000 or more per year for a minimum of three years, Patrons affirm their dedication to the important work of the Institute, keep us on a stable footing, and enable us to plan both current and future scientific investigations with confidence.  In appreciation of their deep commitment to the Mind & Life Institute, we extend special invitations to Sustaining Patrons to our Mind and Life public and private events.  Please contact Jacqui DeFelice, Director of Operations and Advancement, at Jacqui@mindandlife.org or 413-387-0710 extension 102 for more information about Patron benefits and activities.

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Sustaining Patrons are entitled to participate in:

  1. Private Mind and Life dialogues with the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala or elsewhere in the world.
  2. Private, pre-meetings that precede each Mind and Life dialogue.  These are two-day meetings held several months before the main meeting where all the presenting scientists come together with the interpreters and staff to co-ordinate and refine their presentations and review the questions that will be presented and discussed at the meeting with the Dalai Lama. These pre-meetings are an excellent way to familiarize you with the subject matter and to people who will be participating in the Dialogue, and they are vibrant and very interesting on their own.
  3. The annual Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, a week-long residential program during which scientists and contemplative practitioners review the latest research and dialogue about how to advance research in contemplative studies.
  4. The Dalai Lama’s public talks that are sponsored by the Mind & Life Institute.

Major Sponsors give between $10,000 and $30,000 annually, are recognized as supporters in Mind and Life publications, and are invited to selected Mind and Life events.

Friends of Mind and Life give between $1,000 and $10,000 annually in support of Mind & Life Institute, and are recognized as supporters in Mind and Life publications.

Planned Giving: With a planned gift, you can create a lasting legacy of support for Mind and Life’s mission, while receiving a financial benefit during your lifetime. Planned gifts include donations of appreciated assets such as stock, gifts through various forms of trust or annuity that provide living benefits to the giver, or various forms of bequeath. A planned gift can retain income and defer, reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes, generate a charitable income tax deduction, and reduce or eliminate estate, gift, or generation-skipping taxes. Planned givers are also recognized in Mind & Life Institute publications.  For more information about making a planned gift, please contact Jacqui DeFelice.