In playing the role of Executive Director, I find myself profoundly moved as I sit in a front row seat, watching all that this community creates, sustains, and embodies in service to love, peace, and freedom. My gratitude runs deep. Gangaji says it beautifully in the quote above.
To all the volunteers, donors, board members, staff members, and Gangaji, please accept my deepest appreciation and gratitude for all you have done to serve others in realizing the peace that is alive in every heart. You have done it together. Even though you may not know each other personally, you know each other’s hearts and know the true possibility of ending unnecessary suffering. How do I know that? Because you share what has been shared with you by contributing your time, your money, and your inspiration with the world.
The programs of the Gangaji Foundation are enjoying your steady support which makes it possible to send a message of peace around the world through a solid digital platform that includes a robust website, social media, podcasts, archives, and online gatherings. Gangaji has actually increased her number of events in 2025, and available scholarships has grown in tandem.
Perhaps the brightest light on the horizon is our Prison Program. With a new digital platform for inmates, Gangaji’s course is accessible to over 950,000 inmates. We are confident that number will continue to grow. Now over 4300 prisoners have actually accessed the course digitally with another 700 continuing to receive the course by mail. In the advent of launching Edovo, our correspondence program has grown, as have requests for information.
While I love sharing those stats as they spark pure joy in our hearts, what is essential is to appreciate the depth and meaning Gangaji’s prison program has for those on the inside. This recent letter from Jeff knocked me over and I want to share it in full with you. It is the “why” for all we do as a community. His story is reflected in all parts of the world, and I am sure you will recognize it in your own life.
Financially, we ended 2024 with an absolute boon. The Donor Collaborative’s matching fund was fully matched in late December. Then a big surprise came—our very first donation in Bitcoin. Once it was exchanged for dollars, we added it all up and realized we ended the year $114K over our annual donation goal. Wow!
These blessed boon years balance out the short years and allow us to extend our emergency reserves. Having reserves means we can ride out unexpected storms—the bust years — and remain available and responsive to this sacred hunger felt around the world.
Please take a moment to extend the hand of gratitude to yourself! To know your contribution here has benefitted many others all over the world. I mean that literally—over 164,000 podcast downloads in 160 countries. 😊
What an opportunity we have in coming together. I look forward to seeing what the new year brings. We always have the opportunity to strengthen our capacity to meet what is here with an open heart and to share our individual and collective recognition of peace with the world.
