About Us
What do we do?
The Contentment Foundation offers child and adult-centered wellbeing curricula to schools internationally. Our team is here for you throughout the entire process, helping ensure that everyone in your school fully benefits from the practices. We also help schools track, measure, and improve their physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing using science-based measurement tools.
Our foundational learning platform, The Four Pillars of Wellbeing, is available as a whole-school transformation for teachers and students everywhere. We partner with researchers at some of the top universities in the world to study the impact of our work. We also publish original research and popular articles on the cross-cultural wellbeing philosophies that unite humanity.
Why are we here?
The Contentment Foundation believes in a world where happiness is cultivated from the inside-out. We encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to simply draw their attention inside and discover for themselves the unconditional wellness that has been there all along.
In the end, we’re simply translators who take the best of our human philosophical legacy and interpret it for the modern mind. We make the most basic practices accessible to everyone.
We are an impact-driven organization that thrives on creating meaningful change in the world. This is why we focus more heavily on children and their teachers – they are truly the future of our world.
Our Team
The Contentment Foundation is supercharged by a team of international experts spanning across dozens of disciplines. Educators, psychologists, philosophers, artists, programmers, scientists, and advocates have become inspired around a single mission – to bring indestructible wellbeing practices into every school around the world.
We have come together to invite you into the radical perspective that true happiness – contentment – already exists within you. We are proud to work with a globally diverse team to turn our vision into a reality. It is by understanding our diverse needs and perspectives and finding the unifying principles behind them that makes humanity truly great.
... Core Team ...
The Core Team is the heart of the Contentment Foundation, composed of international leaders dedicated to reducing suffering globally. We work every day to ensure that schools, families, educators, and organizations have access to powerful wellbeing practices based at the intersection of science and ancient wisdom.
... Board of Directors ...
Our Board of Directors are committed to sustaining the long term vision of the Contentment Foundation and mentoring our Chief Officers. Our Chiefs personally vet and select our Directors based on their exceptional, long-term support of our mission. Many of our Board Members also financially support large school systems in underserved communities, accelerating the impact of our mission.
... Global Impact Board ...
Every so often, the Contentment Foundation meets someone truly rare and audacious - a philanthropic leader who believes in the future of humanity and the role that mental health plays for the next generation. Our Global Impact Board members have made multi-year commitments to sponsor large numbers of schools and catalyze our work globally. The following contributors make everything possible at the Contentment Foundation.
... Growth Advisory Board ...
The Contentment Foundation team is humbled to stand on the shoulders of giants. Our Growth Advisory Board is a group of dedicated mentors who support the individual growth of our Chief Officers. We believe in scaling our leaders personally, so we can scale our mission internationally.
... Internal Advisory Board ...
Our Internal Advisory Board members are top industry experts with a passion for volunteering. Each member commits to donating service time at a minimum of two hours per week, and support critical projects that require high-levels of expertise. Our Chief Officers receive direct advisory and mentorship from this expert-led community.
... Rollout Representatives ...
We cultivate personal relationships with every Four Pillars school around the world. Our Rollout Representatives are passionate, veteran educators dedicated to supporting each school every step of the way.
... Emeritus Team ...
Many of our former team members have moved on to do great things in the world. The Contentment Foundation serves as an incubator for future leaders, and the contributions of past team members are recognized here.
