The David Lynch Foundation Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsNew York, United States51-200 Employees
The David Lynch Foundation is a New York-based nonprofit established in 2005 that funds the deployment of scientifically supported stress-reduction methods, with Transcendental Meditation as a primary modality, for populations at risk. Its programs reach underserved inner-city students, American Indian communities affected by diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and high suicide rates, military veterans with PTSD, homeless individuals in reentry programs, and incarcerated youth and adults. To date, the foundation has provided about 120,000 scholarships. Operating in the nonprofit sector, the organization aims to broaden access to meditation-based stress reduction across settings and communities. In 2022, it formed a partnership with the Global Union of Scientists for Peace to promote training of 30,000 university students worldwide as advanced meditation practitioners. The foundation is characterized as a mid-sized nonprofit based in New York.