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Legacy Impact
Explore the transformative power of legacy projects that have participated in MAPS’ Fiscal Sponsorship Program, driving innovation and progress in the burgeoning psychedelic ecosystem. Through research, education, advocacy, and community-building, these projects have left an indelible mark, catalyzing change and advancing our collective understanding of the psychedelic ecosystem. Join us in celebrating the legacy of progress, compassion, and enlightenment fostered by MAPS-sponsored projects.
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Education
Education plays a pivotal role in psychedelic studies, dispelling myths and fostering a deeper understanding of these substances. MAPS’ Fiscal Sponsorship Program has supported education projects that empower individuals with knowledge about the benefits, risks, and cultural history of psychedelics, paving the way for safe and intentional use.
A Family of Learning
Alma Institute
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2021
Portland, OR
Alma Institute is a psychedelic facilitation and education organization. Alma’s mission is to advance health equity by strengthening and diversifying the field of legal psychedelic facilitators, beginning with Oregon Health Authority-approved Psilocybin Facilitation Training. Alma prioritizes enrollment and certification opportunities to qualified applicants who are People of the Global Majority, LGBTQ2s+, have low incomes, or who intend to serve these groups.
Ayahuasca Diaries
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2019
New York, NY
In collaboration with Amazonian tribes and contemporary scientists, Ayahuasca Diaries, a feature documentary by filmmaker Maxi Cohen anticipates the future of ayahuasca in a distinctive groundbreaking style. From the ways the psychedelic elixir transforms personal lives to how it’s changing world culture and helping save the Amazon, Ayahuasca Diaries is for both the curious and well-seasoned. Ayahuasca Diaries explores how ayahuasca is used by Amazonian tribes from Peru, Brazil and Colombia, the on-the-ground protectors of the Amazon who are being annihilated, and how ayahuasca seekers from the capitalistic modern world impact them.
Better Living Through Chemistry
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2017
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
If it weren’t for the hypocrisy of drug prohibition, everyone would know these names: Better Living Through Chemistry showcases Sasha Shulgin who was a chemist that discovered nearly 200 psychedelic substances. His wife and co-author, Ann Shulgin, was a lay therapist and a pioneer in the field of psychedelic psychotherapy. “Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.” - Calgary Underground Film Festival
Chacruna Institute
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2017
San Fransisco, CA
Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines promotes reciprocity in the psychedelic community, and supports the protection of sacred plants and cultural traditions. Chacruna advances psychedelic justice through curating critical conversations and uplifting the voices of women, queer people, Indigenous peoples, people of color, and the Global South in the field of psychedelic science. Chacruna aims to co-create a world where plant medicines and other psychedelics are understood, protected, honored, and valued as part of our cultural identity, and integrated into our social, legal and health care systems in ways that are equitable and just.
Cosmic Sister
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2015
Amherst, MA
Cosmic Sister brings women’s voices to the forefront in the field and movement of sacred psychoactive, psychedelic plants and fungi (and beyond) through an interconnected series of merit-based educational advocacy projects. These projects help women educate the public about the benefits and risks of informed, intentional work with sacred psychoactive and psychedelic plants and fungi; such as ayahuasca, cannabis, peyote, iboga, and psilocybin mushrooms.
Entheos Wheel
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2020
Big Sur, CA
Entheowheel: The Ceremony & Science of Psilocybin. Explore the healing power of psilocybin with indigenous elders, research scientists, wisdom keepers, and luminaries in the field of plants and psychedelics.
F.R.E.E Gaia
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2024
Winthrop, MA
F.R.E.E. Gaia engages in education and outreach across the country to help police, fire, medical, and military families, organizations, and unions imagine a time when all of our people can access their rights to engage with our living planet and all her teachers. F.R.E.E. Gaia will also assist individuals in petitioning their Chiefs and hiring authorities for religious exemptions to the Controlled Substance Act at the local level.
Global Iboga Therapy Alliance
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2014
Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
Global Iboga Therapy Alliance (GITA) is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to supporting the sacramental and therapeutic uses of iboga, as well as its alkaloids and their analogs, through sustainability initiatives, scientific research, education, and advocacy.
Iboga Saves
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2018
Sedona, AZ
Iboga Saves: Ending the Opioid Epidemic is a movie and a movement initiated by Awake.net, a federally approved non-profit whose mission is to end addiction by raising awareness about ibogaine the plant medicine that can interrupt opioid and other addictions in a single treatment and reset the brain to a pre-addicted state. They also raise funds through crowdfunding for individuals to get ibogaine treatment and a nine-month integration program to reset their addiction and redeem their lives.
Ligare
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2021
Savannah, GA
Ligare is a collaborative community of clergy, religious educators, scholars, spiritual guides, philanthropists, and psychedelic researchers dedicated to making direct experience of the sacred available to all who desire it through the responsible legal use of psychedelic medicine and within the context of the Christian contemplative tradition. Ligare works with faith institutions, clergy, lay people, and those with a Christian heritage to cultivate a diverse, psychedelically informed Christianity that seeks to develop partnerships across psychedelic and spiritual landscapes.
Prescription X: The Rick Doblin Story
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2015
Big Sur, CA
A feature-length documentary 10-years in the making that shares Rick Doblin & MAPS 50-year journey to legalize psychedelics, starting with MDMA to treat PTSD. When Rick was 18, Doblin decided to become a Psychedelic Psychotherapist, but first would have to change the law. To do so, Rick transformed from a college dropout with a pet wolf into a Harvard Kennedy School PhD grad, who wrote his PhD thesis on how to take psychedelics through the FDA approval process. Rick founded the non-profit, MAPS and went on to raise over $130 Million to fund FDA-approved clinical research with psychedelics. Decades later, MDMA is on track to become a legal prescription drug to treat PTSD and Rick's psychedelic dream is close to becoming a reality that could change the world of mental health and culture.
The Psychedelic Athenaeum
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2024
New York, NY
The Psychedelic Athenaeum is dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive space for intergenerational and multidisciplinary community building, while consistently offering educational content and resources on psychedelics. The Athenaeum focuses on research and education by hosting seminars, lectures, and maintaining a comprehensive library to support both public and academic understanding of psychedelics. In addition, the Athenaeum is committed to advocacy and cultural outreach, providing platforms for activists and showcasing art and performances to reduce stigma around psychedelics. It also serves as a hub for collaboration and connection, bringing together researchers, artists, activists, enthusiasts, and more to foster community building.
Psychedelic Seminars
Educational
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2019
San Diego, CA
Psychedelic Seminars is an educational conversation series deepening awareness of the benefits, risks, and complexities of psychedelics. In parallel to the new wave of research from MAPS to Johns Hopkins, Psychedelic Seminars progress the cultural understanding through discussions with scientists, therapists, healers, authors, activists, and entertainers. They explore intersections with other cutting edge subjects through a psychedelic lens. As psychedelics enter the mainstream, they cultivate the necessary critical thinking and community building, bringing together thousands in person and online.
Advocacy
Advocacy in psychedelic studies ensures that policy and public opinion are shaped by evidence-based research. MAPS’ Fiscal Sponsorship Program has supported advocacy projects that champion the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, pushing for legal reforms and broader societal acceptance, making these substances more accessible for those who can benefit from them.
Voices for Change, Together
Enthea
Advocacy
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2020
Boston, MA
Enthea is a licensed, third-party administrator of health insurance benefits with a mission to provide access to safe and affordable PAP. Through these benefits, companies can cover this new and innovative treatment for their employees and families.
Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions
Advocacy
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2018
San Diego, CA
The Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS) mission is to end the veteran suicide epidemic by providing resources, research, and advocacy for U.S. military veterans seeking psychedelic-assisted therapies for TBI, PTSD, addiction, and other health conditions.
Research
Rigorous scientific research helps uncover the multifaceted effects of psychedelics on the human mind and body. MAPS’ Fiscal Sponsorship Program has supported research projects that provide invaluable data on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, guiding safe usage protocols and advancing the development of novel treatments in mental health.
Discovering Tomorrow, Today
Ayahuasca Foundation
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2013
Iquitos, Peru
The Ayahuasca Foundation began construction in 2014 and opened its Riosbo Ayahuasca Research Center in 2017. They have been hosting plant medicine research there for the last six years. This research has produced several published articles investigating the effects of attending an ayahuasca retreat in the treatment of depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, and PTSD. Current research is being done in collaboration with Heroic Hearts to study the effectiveness of treating PTSD by attending an ayahuasca retreat.
Deva Collective
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2023
Berkeley, CA
Deva Collective serves at the intersection of women’s health and psychedelics with an emphasis on research and education. Deva means Shining One in Sanskrit and devas are said to be animated elemental forces of nature that bring balance. They strive to bring balance to the current psychedelic field by discovering new models of research that are person centered rather than protocol centered and strive to be in sustainable reciprocity with nature.
HEAL Program by CIT Clinics
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2021
Bay Area, CA
CIT Clinics’ HEAL program provides comprehensive care for patients suffering from anxiety, depression, PTSD and chronic physical pain. They offer innovative, integrative programs that combine psychedelic medicine (Ketamine IV) with nutrient and vitamin infusions, ongoing behavior change and accountability coaching, and frequent touch points with a multifaceted team of experts. The initial results of this comprehensive approach are very positive with the vast majority of patients reporting significant improvements in their health and wellbeing. This program provides financial aid to patients that would otherwise not be able to participate in these breakthrough therapies.
Hystelica
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2024
London, UK
Hystelica is embarking on a pivotal 12-week observational study to explore the impact of microdosing psychedelics on menopause symptoms. This study will observe women who have independently decided to microdose, assessing changes in their menopausal symptoms, mental health, and overall well-being. With the prevalent yet inadequately treated discomforts of menopause—ranging from psychological to physiological effects—this research seeks to provide rigorous, evidence-based insights into the potential of psychedelics as a novel therapeutic avenue. As Hystelica aligns with MAPS' mission to deepen scientific understanding in this uncharted territory, the findings aim to empower women with informed health choices and spur a data-driven discourse on menopausal care and psychedelic therapy.
Instituto Phaneros
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2020
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Phaneros mission is to continue developing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in Brazil, aiming to have it legally approved by the country's health authority, ANVISA, after MAPS completes its Phase 3 Study. Instituto Phaneros aims to enroll and treat 25 PTSD patients in an open-label clinical trial in Brazil. During the training, they provide MDMA-assisted psychotherapy treatments as part of studies which will serve as a learning stage to trainees before MDMA therapy is approved. Training includes preparation, approval and execution of an MDMA study protocol.
Nierika A.C
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2017
Chalmita, Ocuilan, Mexico
Nierika AC, is a non-profit Civil Association, that has as its objectives the research and biocultural preservation of the indigenous traditions, rites and ceremonies in which sacred plants are used, as well as elaborating proposals of regulation for the use of this plants in intercultural medicine contexts. Nierika A. C. seeks the rescue and preservation of the indigenous wisdom and their medical and religious traditions, to build an academic multidisciplinary platform that allows the development of an intercultural medical model, that nourishes both from the traditional knowledges of the sacred plants in the western continent, as well as modern science.
Sacred Medicines
Research
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2019
Seattle, WA
Sacred Medicines Public Benefit Corporation work was to develop an ethical reciprocity program to guide their work to bring ayahuasca to patients in North America. They also worked to develop standardized ayahuasca analog extract suitable for clinical research in the U.S. under DEA licensure.
Community
A supportive community fosters open dialogue and shared experiences around psychedelics. MAPS’ Fiscal Sponsorship Program has supported projects that apply a collective approach to amplify individual voices, offer a platform for storytelling, and create a safe space for exploration and integration of psychedelic experiences.
Unity in Every Connection
Bay Area Healers Resilience Project
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2020
San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Healers Resilience Project supported local integrative medicine healers with needed economic relief services during the COVID-19 stay-in-place orders so that their practices could stay alive and continue to offer resilience-building services in the Bay Area.
Bluelight
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2013
Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia
Bluelight is a harm-reduction community where people who use psychoactive drugs (including but not limited to psychedelics) come together through the web forum and Discord server to find and share information, gain support and connect with like-minded people. Bluelight focuses on reducing drug-related harms rather than requiring abstinence from drug use, although they do also have a recovery and health area. Bluelight is best known for providing non-judgemental and accurate harm-reduction advice through peer led community forums. Bluelight also has one of the longest standing web archives of harm-reduction information, which are made available to the public as well as to researchers.
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2020
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Psychedelic Society’s mission is to serve as a prototype of a psychedelic co-op. A psychedelic co-op is a democratically governed, community-based healing center that offers affordable psychedelic journeys alongside programming centered around human well-being. If BPS’s mission is successful, they hope their model can be used by other psychedelic communities across the country. Their vision is to make psychedelic healing a publicly accessible good by creating a nationwide network of community-based psychedelic co-ops.
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2023
District of Columbia
The D.C. Friends of Psychedelic Science supports the professionals working in the field of psychedelic-assisted healing by organizing peer support groups and adjacent services, such that professional practitioners find the support they need, and clients seeking psychedelic-assisted healing are met by a thriving, soundly-woven professional ecosystem.
Holos Foundation
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2019
Fayetteville, AR
The Holos Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to integrating psychedelic medicines into the heartland region of the U.S as they become legally available. Their mission is to raise awareness about the benefits of psychedelic medicines and to train psychotherapists to be ready to provide psychedelic-assisted therapy in Northwest Arkansas when it becomes legally available. They aim to offset the cost of these treatments to support accessibility of care. They envision a community where psychedelic healing modalities are legally available, people have access to skillfully trained therapists and these treatments are financially accessible.
Horizons PBC
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2024
NYC, NY
Horizons PBC is a public benefit corporation dedicated to enhancing public understanding of psychedelics through live events and digital media. Since 2007, they have organized conferences and produced films that explore the role of psychedelic substances in science, medicine, policy, business, culture, and spirituality. Through these initiatives, Horizons PBC provides platforms for education and dialogue on the multifaceted aspects of psychedelics.
ICEERS
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2013
Barcelona, Spain
Since 2010, The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (ICEERS) has studied the complexities and challenges of the globalization of traditional Indigenous medicines, such as ayahuasca, iboga, and others. They work globally for the health, safety, and fundamental rights of all communities involved. ICEERS has had United Nations Consultative status since 2016 and is based out of Barcelona, Spain. They are dedicated to building strong alliances between community representatives, Indigenous leaders, government agencies, the scientific community, and NGOs. ICEERS goal is to evolve relationships with these Indigenous medicines and traditional knowledge-holding communities, and together create systemic change and transform relationships with Life.
Kosmicare
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2023
Lisbon, Portugal
Kosmicare aims at promoting accessibility and inclusiveness utilizing their drug-checking service, by doing a mobile low-threshold service that reaches people where they are and provides fast, detailed and accurate information. This coupled with specialized counseling, supporting people in managing their drug use patterns and practices and positively influencing their behaviors. This service will also contribute to increasing government and health workers’ capacity to respond to the constant changes in the drug market, namely by enhancing monitoring and early warning capacities.
North Star Project
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2019
Oakland, CA
North Star is a non-profit dedicated to supporting the ethical development of the psychedelics industry by offering education, expertise, and resources. Their mission is to foster purpose-driven businesses that benefit society as a whole. At North Star, they bring together visionary founders and funders, creating a generative community that cultivates high-integrity psychedelic companies as exemplars of ethical business practices. North Star serves as a node within the global movement to reshape conventional business models, striving for a more equitable, sustainable, and just world.
People of Color Psychedelic Collective
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2021
New York, NY
The People of Color Psychedelic Collective (POCPC) aims to educate and empower communities of color on the healing potentials of psychedelic substances and ending the war on drugs. The Collective was started in response to the lack of intentional spaces for people of color in the psychedelic field. They educate communities on psychedelics through events like educational webinars and retreats.
Psychedelic Parenthood Community
Community
Year of Fiscal Sponsorship: 2024
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Driven by the dream of collectively building a future in which all families are safe, welcome, and integrated into the psychedelic space, Psychedelic Parenthood Community raises the voices of psychedelic parents and caregivers, fostering an inclusive community that embraces families of all kinds. By creating a pioneering ecosystem focused on education and harm reduction, especially empowering social minorities, PPC aims to raise awareness of risks, enhance communication, stimulate scientific research, and build a supportive network of parents and caregivers bonded by shared experiences.