Giving Opportunities
A gift in any amount supports IACS and our mission. Click the arrows below for additional funding details.
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- A $50k gift will support public events nationwide associated with launch of IACS’ new book The Common Good in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (developed in collaboration with the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University)
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- $20,000 would support a convening of scholars and democratic practitioners to conceptualize the best ideas and strategies for building fully democratic institutions and processes in California
- $70,000 would support a convening of scholars and democratic practitioners to conceptualize the best ideas and strategies for building stronger democratic institutions and processes in the U.S., and enable the Institute to publish a book to help implement those ideas
- $150,000 would support a convening of scholars and democratic practitioners to conceptualize the best ideas and strategies for protecting democracy in authoritarian settings around the world, and enable the Institute to publish a book to help implement those ideas
- $500,000 pledged over five years would underwrite the Institute’s work on the role of Catholicism and other religions in defending and deepening democracy
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$100,000 would enable a 2nd major IACS convening of nuclear ethicists and strategists to build the long-term prospects of multilateral nuclear disarmament within a realistic assessment of complex geo-strategic realities—with a major book to emerge from that convening.
An additional $70k would enable a documentary film linked to that work.
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- $30,000 would enable IACS to continue building the network of scholars in Latin America and the U.S. that can shape the future of Catholicism and Catholic-Evangelical relations in the Americas
- $100,000 would enable to IACS convene the network of scholars in Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the U.S. to give Catholicism a truly global intellectual axis to underpin Christian commitment to democratic institutions
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- $40,000 would support the publication of a book on how Catholicism responds to situations of religious diversity and conflict around the world—and on what works, thus helping leaders advance peace in our pluralistic world. An additional $20k would enable an associated documentary film.
- $40,000 would support a documentary film on how the various strands of the Jewish tradition are responding to situations of religious diversity & conflict around the world–to better inform policymakers and religious leaders on how religion can advance peace in our pluralistic world.
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- $500,000 would enable IACS to address new emerging issues in American society and the world, focused where we can offer wisdom grounded in the deep resources of Catholicism and other traditions
- $1,000,000 would be a lead gift toward the permanent endowment that will sustain IACS as a guaranteed voice of public Catholicism and the Catholic intellectual tradition into the future
Make Your Gift
Your generosity has a direct, tangible impact that supports world-class scholarship and propels our Institute to carry out its important mission in a way that empowers, uplifts and drives people to create meaningful solutions.
Our mission includes contributing to the ongoing development of Catholic theology and ethics in the face of new realities.
But the Institute’s mission is also much broader.
Encompassing Catholicism’s dialogue with science, the social sciences, and the humanities, IACS also includes legal and medical professions, as well as other expressions of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, indigenous spiritual traditions, Islam, and Judaism.
As an intellectual research center, IACS advances the ongoing evolution of Catholicism’s public witness in the contemporary world, but is fully independent of the church hierarchy and thus able to explore emerging questions with full academic freedom — asking hard questions and exploring new answers in light of the tradition and emerging new research.
Knowledge, Discovery and Dialogue
In a world facing multiple crises, Catholicism’s deep intellectual resources represent a crucial source of insight and wisdom that can ground creative contributions to human thriving.
Under new leadership, IACS is launching ambitious initiatives focused on:
Developing the ethical and regulatory frameworks needed to guide new and emerging technology—including artificial intelligence and social media—to assure they have a positive impact on democracy and contemporary society.
The Future of Democracy
The role of Catholicism and other religions in deepening democracy and strengthening democratic civil society in the U.S. and across the globe.
Disarmament & Deterrence: A Strategic Dialogue Toward a Less-Threatening Nuclear Reality
A new high-level dialogue between U.S. Catholic bishops, ethicists, and national nuclear strategic leaders regarding the future of nuclear deterrence and nuclear disarmament amid today’s complex geo-strategic realities.
Catholicism in the Global South
The current dynamism of Catholicism in the global South, and its meaning and impact on the Church universal and on modern society.
IACS regularly presents in local Catholic settings to youth and young adults; we help develop the curricula used to train priests, deacons and lay ministers; and we shape the ideas that are at the heart of homilies, class lectures, and writing by Catholic bishops and scholars.
In all those ways, IACS shapes the lives of young Catholics, the future of the Catholic Church, and its voice regarding the trajectory of American society and the world.
