A Network for Grateful Living
Mission
A Network for Grateful Living is a global organization offering online and community-based educational programs and practices which inspire and guide a commitment to grateful living, and catalyze the transformative power of personal and societal responsibility. We hold grateful living as an engaged mindfulness practice, grounded in both wisdom and science, which supports our ability to see the wonder and opportunity in every moment, and motivates us to act boldly with love, generosity, and respect towards one another, ourselves, and the Earth. Vision We believe that the fully realized expression of our core values and mission will bring forth our Vision, which is: A peaceful, thriving, and sustainable world – held as sacred by all.
Ruling year
1969
Executive Director
Ms. Kristi Nelson
Main address
245 Russell St, Suite 21B
Hadley, MA 01035 USA
Formerly known as
Center for Spiritual Studies
EIN
23-7022057
NTEE code
Education N.E.C. (B99)
Promotion of International Understanding (Q20)
Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy N.E.C. (R99)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
International Interactive Website
Our primary tool for communication is www.gratefulness.org, an interactive website and host for our ongoing programs and offerings. Through attracting, encouraging, and challenging people who visit the site, we are able to build a network for grateful living that provides online support for offline action. A Network for Grateful Living has continued to attract subscribers to our email list, with members in all 50 states of the United States and countries throughout the world.
Workshops and Events
We develop and lead workshops and events that are offered both online and in-person.
E-Courses and Webinars
Our offerings are designed to guide and support living gratefully in the world.
Gratefulness Gatherings
Gratefulness Gatherings are an opportunity to explore grateful living as an orientation to life. They currently take place online, hosted by members of the community. Through rich discussion and collective wisdom, Gratefulness Gatherings help inform and deepen our relationship with grateful living and usher it into the common lexicon.
Practices for Grateful Living
We offer a variety of practices to allow you to experiment, and become familiar, with diverse approaches to grateful living in daily life, finding those practices which suit your lifestyle, needs, and preferences…
Word for the Day & Daily Question
Daily quotes and questions to contemplate and inspire living gratefully.
Stories of Grateful Living
Community stories that we uplift in different forms of media, video, poetry, music and stories.
Light a Candle
E-candles: Throughout the world, lighting candles is a sacred ritual. We light a candle for many purposes: to illuminate darkness, dedicate prayers, solidify intentions, offer blessings, evoke Spirit, and/or to nourish grateful living.
Ecards
Ecards: Expressing care and gratitude is a vital part of grateful living practice. Communicating matters. Make someone’s day. Make a connection. Make a difference. For your sake, and for the benefit of others, we hope you use these beautiful eCards often…
Where we work
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
International Interactive Website
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Constituent (client or resident, etc.) advisory committees, Suggestion box/email, on our Gratitude Lounge and with donation comments as well,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
A small example is that our community members let us know that our text was too light in some of our offerings and difficult to read. We now make sure to check our text so it meets an "AA" accessibility rating via https://accessible-colors.com/
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback,
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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A Network for Grateful Living
Board of directorsas of 6/2/2021
Michael W. Barton
Michael Barton Consulting LLC
Term: 2019 - 2020
Chuck Roppel
Master Certified Coach through the International Coaches Federation.
Term: 2016 - 2017
Co-Founder BrotherDavid Steindl-Rast
Mt. Saviour Monastery
Charles Roppel
Coaches Training Institute, faculty member
Pear Urushima
Apple, Inc.
Michael Barton
Michael Barton Consulting LLC
Mary Kostel
Special Counsel to the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
Alberto Rizzo
Innovative Ventures in agriculture, art and technology
Adetola Abiade
Manager of Global Innovation – Americas at BNY Mellon
Ernie Capobianco
Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations
Anne Hocking
Lawyer specializing in domestic and international trademark and copyright law
Stuart McFaul
President of Stuart McFaul Associates,
Steve Rio
Founder and CEO of Briteweb
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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