Fund this work
We are raising to put evidence-based stress reduction in front of people who cannot currently reach it. Here is what we do, what it costs, and what your money buys.
What we have delivered
- Content still needed:How many MBSR courses Im2 has run, over how many years(Jerry)
Eight-week MBSR courses delivered live online, following the University of Massachusetts curriculum.
- Twenty-four guided practices, recorded by five instructors.
From one-minute pauses to forty-five-minute body scans, written and recorded in house and given away free.
- Content still needed:Roughly how many volunteers contribute, and in what roles(Jerry)
The organization runs on contributed time from instructors, clinicians and builders.
The evidence behind MBSR
Research on MBSR is research on the method, not on our programs. Clinical studies of MBSR do not transfer to Im2 courses, and we do not claim they do.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction performed at least as well as escitalopram, a first-line anxiety medication, in a randomized clinical trial.
Hoge EA, Bui E, Mete M, Dutton MA, Baker AW, Simon NM. JAMA Psychiatry, 2022.
A meta-analysis found MBSR associated with health benefits across a range of conditions.
Grossman P, Niemann L, Schmidt S, Walach H. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2004.
Mindfulness-based interventions have an established evidence base in the management of chronic pain.
Majeed MH, Ali AA, Sudak DM. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2017.
Where the money goes
Scholarships
Course production
Delivery
Transparency
- Status
- Imagine Mindfulness 2.0 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
- EIN
- Content still needed:Our EIN, for the funder page and the footer(Jerry)
- Board
- Content still needed:Board members: names and affiliations(Jerry)
- Financials
- Content still needed:Most recent annual figures, or a Form 990 link(Jerry)
Talk to us
Grants are relationships, not forms. If you fund work in mental health, health equity or young adult wellbeing, we would rather have a conversation than send you a PDF.
hello@im2.info