Dharma Grant Program 

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An integral part of the Kula Collective mission and vision is to empower people, such as yourself, to discover and explore your passions through the principle of reciprocity. It’s simple. You help your community through inspired action to live out your dharma, and in exchange, we help you access what you need to become a yoga teacher by providing a tuition scholarship to one of our Highlighted Yoga Teacher Trainings!

check out some Past examples of amazing dharma grant projects below!

We have 3 Dharma Grant Opportunities:

1. Community service scholarship

The Community Service project empowers you to show up for yourself by showing up for your community. This is the most straightforward path to receiving a scholarship as it simply requires volunteering 20-40 hours of your time with an organization.

Dharma Grant: $500-$1000 scholarship towards tuition

Expectations:

  • Submit a written Community Service Project Agreement between yourself and the organization, outlining what you’ll be doing as a volunteer, a contact person’s name and email address, and an hours log. Once your volunteer time has been completed, have your organization contact person sign off on the hours log and send it back us.

  • 1 video testimonial, 1-3 minutes long, of your YTT experience

  • Share 6 Social media posts about your experience with the Dharma Grant program:

    • 2 during your time volunteering - about your experience volunteering with the organization, how it’s impacting you on your journey, and a brief mention of the Dharma Grant program.

    • 2 during your YTT - of your experience with Kula Collective

    • 2 after your YTT - about your integration post YTT, with a brief mention of your dharma grant scholarship and volunteer time

    • In ALL posts: be sure to TAG @kulacollective in the caption and photo, use #kulacollective hashtag, and share your ambassador code

2. Karmic Collaboration Scholarship

The Karmic Collaboration project is an opportunity for you to collaborate with your community! This project requires partnering with an organization to support their efforts with your service! You can offer classes, workshops, or events for them. You can create a project outside of the organization that raises donations for the organization. So many possibilities!

Examples of organizations to support: local non profits, homeless shelters, food banks, community gardens, schools, co-ops, healthcare facilities, town or city offices, etc.

Example of project ideas: offer yoga, meditation, art, music, mindfulness (etc) classes for free, at a local organization, to benefit who they serve and/or their staff. Offer pop up classes or events (art shows, concerts, ceremonies, circles, yoga/meditation in the park/beach/community garden, etc) that are donation based and give all the donations to the organization.

Dharma Grant: $600-$1000 scholarship towards tuition

Expectations:

  • Submit a project proposal for your Karmic Collaboration, with the organization & their contact information. It should include:

    • Your desired outcome, any necessary preparations, full project details (who/what/when/where), how you plan to implement the project, any logistics that need to be addressed (covid protocol, permits, permission to use spaces, etc), and how you will measure success,

  • Plan, organize, and host the project!

  • Submit a final document from the organization confirming your contribution, with a clear contact person’s name and contact info.

  • 1 video testimonial, 1-3 min, of YTT experience

  • Share 6 Social media posts about your experience with the Dharma Grant program:

    • 2 during your events/offerings - about that experience, how it’s impacting you on your journey, and a brief mention of the Dharma Grant program.

    • 2 during your YTT - of your experience with Kula Collective

    • 2 after your YTT - about your integration post YTT, with a brief mention of your dharma grant scholarship and volunteer time

    • In ALL posts: be sure to TAG @kulacollective in the caption and photo, use #kulacollective hashtag, and share your ambassador code

3. Creative expression scholarship

The Creative Expression project is available to anyone with a passion for sharing their creative expression through photography, videography, and social media! It is an opportunity to create content for Kula’s website and social media platforms in exchange for a scholarship towards your YTT tuition. It’s perfect for folks interested in capturing and sharing the magic of your yoga teacher training journey with others! And the creative expression option is also great for anyone who has an active blog/vlog, youtube channel, podcast or other creative platform as well! Please share any of those links with us in your application to see if we can collaborate together! The amount of this scholarship will be determined on a case-by-case basis dependent on the amount of creative content provided.

Dharma Grant: $600-$1000 scholarship towards tuition

Expectations: These are crafted on a case by case basis, dependent on the type of creative platforms being used

  • Examples of creative requirements using content captured during YTT experience:

    • Social Media posts/reels/Live streams about YTT experience

    • Photos of YTT experiences, vertical and horizontal

    • Short videos showcasing Kula YTT experiences, under 1 min

    • Long format videos showcasing Kula YTT experiences, 1-5 min

    • And we are open to consider other ideas as well, especially if you have a following on other platforms like a blog/vlog/youtube channel!

  • 1 video testimonial, 1-3 minutes long, of your YTT experience

  • Share 6 Social media posts about your experience with the Dharma Grant program:

    • 2 leading up to your YTT - with a brief mention of the Dharma Grant program and how you’ll be participating through your creative expression project.

    • 2 during your YTT - of your experience with Kula Collective

    • 2 after your YTT - about your integration post YTT, with a brief mention of your dharma grant experience

    • In ALL posts: be sure to TAG @kulacollective in the caption and photo, use #kulacollective hashtag, and share your ambassador code

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Here’s how you apply: 

1. Create a detailed Dharma Grant Project Plan. This can be submitted as a written document, a visual presentation, or a video. Your plan must include the following:

  • What type of Dharma Grant Scholarship are you seeking - Community Service, Karmic collaboration, or Creative Expression

  • What do you want to do for your project

  • When/Where/How will you do it

  • Length of time your project will span

  • How many hours of service will you be volunteering (for Community Service applicants only)

  • What organization will it benefit, and provide their website/social media handles if they have any. (for Community Service or Karmic Collaboration applicants only)

  • What will you be offering in collaboration with, or to raise funds for, the organization (Karmic Collaboration applicants only)

  • How do you plan to document your experience in order to share about it on social media

  • And any other details about your project you think we should know!

2. Fill out the application below. You will be required to upload your Dharma Grant Project Plan in the application

3. Your application will be reviewed by our Expansion Director, who will contact you within a week of receiving your application to let you know the status of your application, and if any additional materials are needed.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • The Dharma Grant Scholarship is only available for Highlighted Trainings

  • The Dharma Grant scholarship can NOT be combined with other discounts

  • Applicants can only apply for one scholarship

  • Submitting an application does not guarantee that you will receive one

  • When a Dharma Grant recipient registers for their YTT, Kula Collective will store their credit card information via Stripe. Kula Collective has the right to retract the scholarship amount if the project is not completed within the agreed upon completion date as stated in the MOU signed by the recipient. The scholarship amount would need to be paid back to Kula. We are happy to be flexible case by case but ask for open communication and honesty in the process.

Thanks for your interest in our Dharma Program. If you have questions about the application process, please e-mail info@thekulacollective.com with subject line: Dharma Grant Questions.