Public Charity

ON BEING PROJECT

Based in SAINT PAUL, MN, ON BEING PROJECT operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.5M in revenue, $2.6M in expenses, $2.7M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 27 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $10.6M.

EIN: 462775553 SAINT PAUL, MN Telecommunications NTEE: W50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.5M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$2.7M
Grant Records27
Funding Total$10.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE ON BEING PROJECT IS A NONPROFIT MEDIA AND SOCIAL HEALING ORGANIZATION. OUR MISSION IS TO PURSUE DEEP THINKING AND MORAL IMAGINATION, SOCIAL CREATIVITY AND JOY, TOWARDS THE RENEWAL OF INNER LIFE, OUTER LIFE, AND LIFE TOGETHER. WE PRODUCE THE AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL PODCAST "ON BEING" WITH KRISTA TIPPETT, AND AN ECOSYSTEM OF OFFERINGS ACROSS CONTENT, CONVENINGS, AND TOOLS/RESOURCES THAT NOURISH AND AMPLIFY THE GENERATIVE NARRATIVE OF OUR TIME. PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH ON BEING TO EXPLORE THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF MEANING AS THEY ARE NEWLY AND URGENTLY ALIVE IN 21ST CENTURY LIFE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE? WHO WILL WE BE TO EACH OTHER?

Where $100 goes at On Being Project

How On Being Project divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$74
In fiscal year 2025, the On Being Project's work continued to focus on developing an ecosystem of offerings and serving our far-flung global web of listeners/practitioners
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 30 organizations
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Andrea Prevost
FORMER SENIOR PRODUCER Christopher Heagle
TREASURER Jay Cowles Iii
SECRETARY Konda Mason
PRESIDENT Krista Tippett
FORMER SR. OPS MANAGER Lauren Drommerhausen

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$5,083,000 5 grants
General Support
$4,174,510 18 grants
Education
$1,000,000 1 grant
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$314,904 2 grants
Unspecified
$5,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.5M $2.6M $2.7M
2024 $1.9M $5.4M $3.1M
2023 $1.7M $5.4M $7.4M
2022 $7.5M $5.1M $10.6M
2021 $6.8M $4.4M $8.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $6.8M to $2.5M (-63%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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