The Raines Foundation
Creating a wiser,
more compassionately
connected world.
We build communities and tools that bring people together: to care for one another, grow in wisdom, explore the world and strengthen the charities that serve it.
Our initiatives
The Human Family
Empowering the humanitarian within us all.
The philanthropic social network improving well-being for every human being.
Contemplation Center
Sit together. Listen deeply. Grow in wisdom.
A community for meditation, mindfulness, prayer and dialogue around insights of wisdom.
Explorer Center
Coming soon
The world is our classroom.
A place for travelers, and for learning about the world and the cosmos.
Peacewalking
Coming soon
Walking together for peace.
Bringing people together to walk for peace.
Charity Spaces
The community for people who run charities.
A free community for charity leaders, staff, volunteers and trustees, with website and communications help for nonprofits.
About the foundation
One foundation.
Five initiatives.
The Raines Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Our mission is to cultivate a wiser, more compassionately connected world.
Each initiative is its own community with its own website. The foundation builds them, runs them and keeps them free or affordable for the people they serve.
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One mission.
Countless possibilities.
Your gift supports partner projects through The Human Family and the people and systems behind every initiative.