Gratitude Report 2025

What you helped make possible since 2020 is worth pausing for. This is your invitation to go deeper — into the stories, places, and people behind a year of meaningful work.

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FIRESOUL NETWORK

260+

SINCE

2020

SACRED PLACES

Eligible for Enrichment Grants

YEARS OF IMPACT

30

Every Sacred Place has a portal, a threshold that invites you in. Each of the spaces below is its own.

THE REPORT

Six ways in

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THE NETWORK

The Network, in 2025.

Every Sacred Place has a community leader who was there before we were. This year, the Firesoul Network kept growing.

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DONORS & CHAMPIONS

Generosity, multiplied.

Every Sacred Place, every journal entry, every Firesoul supported this year exists because someone gave.

Explore the Donor Honor Roll →

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HOW IT ALL STARTED

Where it all began.

In 2025, we returned to Mount Street Gardens in London — thirty years after Kitty and Tom Stoner first encountered it.

Read the founders’ story →

WHERE HEALING HAPPENS

Sacred Places on hospital campuses.

From rooftop gardens to labyrinths, Sacred Places on hospital campuses offer a place to pause in the middle of one of life’s most demanding moments.

See what’s waiting for them →

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AFTER THE STORM

After the storm, a place to reflect.

When a tornado tore through Jacksonville State University’s campus, students needed more than rebuilt buildings. The new Sacred Place gives them somewhere to process, breathe, and reconnect.

Read the case study →

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A THRESHOLD MOMENT

Alden Stoner at TEDx Walden Pond.

Science explains how nature affects the body and mind. The little yellow journals capture what it does to the soul — real experiences, in people’s own words.

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LIFE CYCLE OF A SACRED PLACE

Six phases

The life cycle of a Sacred Place.

2025

Successful completion of Nature Sacred’s strategic plan

200 Sacred Places open or in development

A Sacred Place opened at Mount Street Gardens in London—the place that inspired the co-founders—honoring 30 years of impact

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The Spark

Sometimes they come to us, sometimes we find them, but Sacred Places begin when we encounter like-minded and like-hearted partners and leaders who want to create nearby, contemplative nature spaces in their community. The catalyst for these projects is the Firesoul™.