United We Om
is a nonprofit Karma Yoga organization, sharing micro-grants with people serving their community and humanity.
Our Karma Project grants share up to $2500 and are designed to be an approachable opportunity for compassion creators and community change-makers to access the financial support necessary to amplify their offering of love and kindness to the world.
a registered 501(c)3 non-profit
Fall 2026 Karma Projects
Sensory Nooks for Inclusive Classrooms, helps classrooms become a place where all students can thrive. The Do Better Initiative builds calm, supportive Sensory Nooks right inside classrooms so neurodiverse students (and every student) have a space to regulate and come back ready to learn.
Yoga 4 the World brings after-school yoga and mindfulness classes to students at Elkin Elementary School in North Philadelphia, replacing traditional detention with their weekly yoga program. Yoga 4 the World is expanding this offering for the academic year and will include the participants’ parents in upcoming classes.
The Leyla Strong Foundation’s Inclusive Play Dates Initiative provides free, sensory-friendly opportunities for neurodivergent children and children impacted by traumatic or acquired brain injuries to play, explore, and build meaningful connections in welcoming environments.
Zakela will host small-group cooking and wellness sessions with families in her rural Florida community. Inspired by her own life experiences, the workshops will focus on simple, healthy meal and snack ideas, using affordable ingredients that families can realistically recreate at home.
Art with Heart will create a safe and welcoming place where autistic youth can experience the joy of art, connect with fellow Autistic youth and feel supported exactly as they are, where they are in that moment.
Beyond the Circle is a three month community service initiative designed to help youth and young adults in Harlem and the Bronx turn personal growth into community impact.
Spring 2026 Karma Projects
Creating inter-generational connection and knowledge sharing through the expansion of a community garden.
This Karma Project is fully sponsored by Central Hudson. SOAR Experiences provides free educational, outdoor experiences for people with limited mobility.
Covering all adoption fees for senior dogs, matched with local senior citizens, in need of their forever home.
More than 50 formerly incarcerated fathers will receive a series of free workshops focused on helping them to be better fathers, husbands and community members.
The TAG Group will provide hand delivered, homemade meals, created using locally raised meats and fresh produce, to Veterans living below the poverty line.
The People’s Kitchen is creating a pilot program for a “shared cell phone support system” for houseless individuals living in Colorado.
Wildly Kind creates public phone booths in high traffic areas, at which people have the opportunity to share a recorded message with a stranger offering love, compassion and stories of support.
Sangha House NOLA, a community-rooted temple and meditation center in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, will offer retreats, workshops in contemplative study, mindfulness, and accessible meditation practices, accompanied by plant-based meals.
Providing 6 months of trauma-informed, relaxation focused, yoga classes for a group of low-income mothers, as part of their “Mom Lifing” program for young mothers living on Staten Island, NY.
Wildland Ecotech will share two invaluable programs supporting the earth while simultaneously educating children and feeding their community.
Beauty Beyond Bars is providing currently incarcerated women at Riker’s Island prison and formerly incarcerated women with free beauty makeovers, personalized product consultations, hygiene and wellness education to support confidence, self-expression, and economic empowerment as the women transition home.
First responder Grace Yu is sharing free workshops in basic first aid with the houseless community in Chicago, focused on homeless youth.
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ABOUT UWO
United We Om (UWO) was co-founded in 2015 as a yoga and meditation non-profit, offering trauma-informed trainings and hiring yoga teachers from trauma-impacted backgrounds to share practice with their own communities. From 2015 - 2023, UWO shared practice with more than 25,000 participants from hundreds of communities and trained more than 1000 teachers.
In 2024, UWO embarked on a new journey of Karma Yoga. Once again we are on the cutting edge of service and we’re excited for you to join us.
SUPPORT UWO
100% of your donation will go directly to supporting our Karma Project grants.
United We Om’s administrative expenses are provided for by individual donors, allowing us to utilize every dollar of general donations in support of acts of service.
