A social ecosystem for kindness

Teaching Mindful Kindness.
Transforming lives.

Evidence-based programs helping students, communities, workplaces and incarcerated individuals build healthier relationships, resilience and well-being.

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Mindful Kindness

Teaching Mindful Kindness, Transforming Lives

Evidence-based programs helping students, communities, workplaces, and incarcerated individuals build healthier relationships, resilience, and well-being.

Our Programs
850K+
Students reached
$5M
Grants awarded
10K+
Incarcerated adults reached
~300
Years of combined education experience
Our why

The most meaningful change happens when kindness works together.

KINDR unites schools, communities, workplaces, prisons, partners and kindness organizations into one connected ecosystem — with the resources, tools and collaborators that help all of them grow.

Your kindness ecosystem
KINDR
Schools build kindness into behavioral expectations, so every student feels seen.
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Why it matters

Today we are experiencing the highest rates of suicide, stress, depression and loneliness in history.

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2nd

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people age 10–24.

Source: jedfoundation.org
300M+

People don’t have a single friend — amid the highest stress, sadness, pain and worry since 2006.

Source: Gallup, 2022 World Happiness Report
Loneliness kills. It’s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.
Robert Waldinger · Harvard Medical School
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2021 – 2025 results
700K+
students, plus 7,000+ incarcerated adults — measured against matched control groups
Mindful Kindness

Kindness isn’t a trait you’re born with. It’s a discipline we teach.

Mindful Kindness is grounded in instructional design and built by a team with nearly 300 years of combined education experience. Participants report measurable gains in life satisfaction and well-being.

Reduces loneliness
Builds real connection, one practice at a time
Improves relationships
At school, at home, at work and inside
Reduces unkind behavior
Fewer conflicts, healthier cultures
Our initiatives

Four arenas. One practice.

Mindful Kindness meets people where they spend their days. Hover or tap an arena to go deeper.

01
KINDR
Schools

Builds kindness into behavioral expectations, so every student learns it, practices it and feels it.

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02
KINDR
Communities

Supports local kindness projects and Kindness Ambassadors who make it the norm where they live.

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03
KINDR
Workplaces

Creates healthier workplace cultures where people feel respected, connected and able to do their best work.

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KINDR
Prisons

Builds skills for transformation, accountability and compassion — now grown into its own independent nonprofit.

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Evidence Advocacy Center — bringing research on kindness to policymakers, educators and the public.
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KINDR Live · Content

Stories from the kindness movement.

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Content Region: Eugene, Oregon

Richard Mireles wrote the song "Teach the World to Be Kinder" as a tribute to Doug and Linda Carnine and their lifelong work teaching kindness.

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Content Region: Eugene, Oregon

The KINDR Foundation has successfully implemented mindful kindness programs across three critical arenas: prisons, at-risk youth, and high poverty/minority schools.

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Content Region: Eugene, Oregon

Brainstorm Media and KINDR Foundation: inspired by the film After All, this initiative invites you to reflect on family connections, patterns of interaction, and the courage it takes to forgive.

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Content Region: Eugene, Oregon

Roy Tester and Kelly Lee discuss the ripples of compassion: navigating patience, understanding, and interbeing.

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Content Region: Eugene, Oregon

Kelly Lee is a Zen Buddhist practitioner who works to integrate Zen principles into her daily routine, to be more mindful in everyday life and kinder to both herself and others.

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Partner with us

It takes a village.

Partner, lead or give — every role grows the kindness movement.

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Join the movement

Become a Kindness Ambassador.

Somewhere in your community, someone is holding their life together with tired hands. They don’t need a slogan. They need someone to show up.
Join our newest KINDR Community initiative.

Become a Kindness Ambassador
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Partner with us

Become a KINDR Partner.

It takes a village. Partner with KINDR to bring Mindful Kindness to more schools, communities, workplaces and prisons — and help measure what changes.

Partner with us
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Give kindness

Help us teach the world to be Kindr.

Every gift funds evidence-based programs for students, communities and incarcerated adults — kindness, taught well, that lasts.

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