Reducing global suffering and promoting long-term human flourishing through an in-depth understanding of emergent phenomena

Who We Are

Emergence Benefactors is an incorporated nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity organization supporting the science of emergence.

Emergence — what many might label as spiritual, mystical, magical, psi, psychedelic, energetic, and related experiences, effects, and development.

We support the practical incorporation of that scientific knowledge into medical, clinical, therapeutic, and public health practices at a global scale to promote better outcomes for people experiencing emergent phenomena.

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Our Mission

The mission of Emergence Benefactors is:

  • To broadly support healthy outcomes for individuals undergoing the process of emergence
  • To fund and support rigorous, objective scientific research into the study of emergent experiences or emergent practices and their effects
  • To fund and support the development of ontologically-agnostic clinical knowledge of emergent practices and effects
  • To promote the culturally-sensitive incorporation of this scientific and clinical knowledge into global mainstream evidence-based medical, clinical, therapeutic, scientific, public health, public policy, and general public knowledge bases.

We support the general mission and roadmap of the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium (EPRC) and their allies. The EPRC white paper provides details regarding:

We believe these projects will take at least few hundred people a few decades and cost a few hundred million dollars. We intend to make sure that those people have the funding and support for those decades to fully complete the EPRC roadmap.

Our Values

  • Open-mindedness

    Being empirical, pragmatic, and ontologically agnostic

  • Ethical Action

    Acting with integrity, honesty, niceness, kindness, and respect

  • Wisdom

    Pursuing rational enquiry and integrating knowledge into practice

  • Boldness

    Determined to make a serious, positive impact on the world

  • Stability

    Building enduring, dependable institutions and relationships over the long term

The Board

Dr Daniel M. Ingram

Dr. Daniel M. Ingram, MD MSPH, is Board Chair and acting CEO of Emergence Benefactors.

His current research interests include finding ways to bring clinical competence, data-backed diagnostic and management strategies, and options for disconcerting emergent phenomena to therapists and other healthcare providers, particularly those in emergency medicine, as well as to use scientific methods to help emergent practitioners optimize their practice for good outcomes.

He was a board certified emergency medicine physician for 12 years, mostly working in major trauma centers. His MSPH is in epidemiology. He also helps organize the Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium.

Dr Tas Dienes

Tas has a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, and has been a CTO and co-founder and of multiple software companies. He is the Board Treasurer and acting CFO of Emergence Benefactors. He now spends much of his time in the world of Ethereum. As a scientist, he supports the idea of applying rigorous scientific methods to the study of emergent phenomena.

Scott Gosnell

Scott Gosnell is the Secretary of the Board. He is the founder of Windcastle Venture Consulting, an entrepreneurship- and innovation-focused consulting firm. He holds a BA in Economics and Psychology from Kenyon College; an MS in Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy from the Ohio State University, where he was a member of the Program in Neuroscience and the Spinal Cord Injury Center; and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has taught courses in anatomy, physiology and pathology to pre-med and pre-nursing students and was a visiting faculty member in the Department of Economics at Kenyon College.

Bree Greenberg-Benjamin

Bree Greenberg Benjamin, LMFT, creates systems of care that aim practitioners and clients towards liberation, utilizing group states of collective knowing and transference to alchemize healing for the client treated, the care team involved, and the community in which the care is taking place. With a deep reverence for the mystery of healing and a passionate focus on making global change in traditional care, Bree synthesizes many systems of understanding to present a breadth of understanding about addiction that is rarely spoken for. 

Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy Website: http://www.vtcit.com/

Chinmayee Hiremath

Chinmayee is a meditation practitioner and lifelong inquirer into the nature of subjective experiences. Her professional background spans various disciplines, converging around effective education and emotional well-being. She has designed and run numerous experiential education and metacognitive skill-building programs using alternative pedagogies such as eco-psychology and adventure-based therapy that place subjective experiences central to personal growth/ well-being. She has been involved with the Effective Altruism movement since 2016, and has a deep loyalty to suffering-focused ethics. At present, her inspirations lie at the intersection of subjective experiences, good science, and opportunities for suffering reduction.

Contact

Get in touch with us if you would like to:

  • Apply for a grant

    Emergence Benefactors will not be awarding further grants in the current quarter. You may submit your application for considered for future funding cycles or to be incubated for further evaluation. Our team will review all submissions and keep them on file for upcoming opportunities.
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