Primed Foundation Impact
By supporting strategic initiatives that align with shared mission goals, we enhance the work of our partners and amplify their efforts to make a meaningful difference.
Partnerships
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
YCEI has been one of our core partners since 2021. They conduct research and offer training programs that help people of all ages develop emotional intelligence skills. They believe the well-being and sustainability of our society depend on each of us using our emotions wisely. To support this, they developed a program called RULER.
What is RULER?
RULER is an evidence-based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program that supports entire school communities in understanding and building emotional intelligence skills. The program informs how leaders lead, teachers teach, students learn, and families support students.
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedlic Studies
MAPS is a research and educational organization dedicated to bringing psychedelic healing to all. It is guided by three core pillars: advancing research, changing policies, and shaping culture. MAPS has been an important partner to the Primed Foundation since 2023. We’ve collaborated on many exciting projects aimed at reducing trauma and educating the public through evidence-based research and integration resources.
Psychedelic therapies hold transformative potential for healing, with promising results in treating trauma, anxiety, PTSD, and treatment-resistant depression. However, the true magic lies in integrating these experiences into our daily lives. As the field of psychedelic science grows and gains social momentum, MAPS is uniquely positioned to deliver approachable, scalable, and free education aimed at reducing harm and promoting beneficial experiences.
Our partnership with MAPS helps ensure that there is a robust pipeline of continued research of novel treatments for mental health conditions and eventually that proven psychedelic-assisted therapies become readily available to all those in need. Together, we help people navigate the powerful - and sometimes overwhelming - world of psychedelics with clarity and confidence.
Heroic Hearts Project
HHP is a veteran organization with a mission to help as many US veterans as possible overcome PTSD and other military trauma. They have built a community that provides veterans and their spouses with safe and supervised access to psychedelic programs, professional coaching, and ongoing community support. Since its founding in 2017, HHP has supported over 1,000 veteran families.
HHP has partnered with the Hope Project to expand their coaching and community integration programs, making them a key component of their psychedelic healing approach. They believe that the integration of psychedelic experiences is what truly unlocks their transformative potential and that community has the power to solve many mental health challenges facing this nation’s veterans.
HHP is at the forefront of making psychedelic treatments legally available at home in the US, and have developed a self-sustaining model that can be replicated at scale as the laws around psychedelic treatment change in more states. They also conduct public education and political advocacy campaigns, and work with leading research organizations to develop and contribute to the growing base of psychedelic research.
Center For Wellness And Achievement In Education
CWAE is a San Francisco Bay Area-based non-profit organization. Since 2007 they have dedicated themselves to introducing their flagship program, Quiet Time, to the underserved school communities of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Their mission is to optimize educational performance, reduce violence, stress, and substance abuse, and improve the psychological wellness of students, faculty, and administrators by strengthening the underlying neurophysiology of perception, learning and behavior.
Pure Edge
5-Year RULER Deep Dive Study
We’ve partnered with YCEI to fund a five-year study aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the RULER program. The study is gathering data from two high-risk schools, with the goal of using the findings to enhance programming across all schools that participate in RULER.
Veteran’s Guide to Psychedelics
HHP recently published the Veteran’s Guide to Psychedelics workbook - a journal with guided prompts to help veterans as they prepare for and participate in ceremonies or psychedelic therapy sessions. Participants will review the workbook with their HHP coach, who will also assist them in processing their experience and creating new habits. Our gift provides 500 free copies of the workbook to veterans as they embark on their psychedelic therapy journey.
Integration Station website and free downloadable workbook
Originally conceived of and funded by the Primed Foundation in 2023, the MAPS Integration Station website is a free online portal, resource hub, and downloadable guide that educates users through the process of psychedelic integration for continued healing and personal growth. One of these valuable resources is the free downloadable integration workbook.
Quiet Time Program
The Quiet Time program is a high impact stress reduction and readiness-to-learn program. It enhances the healthy development of students and faculty by creating more balance in their lives. Designed for grades 5 through 12, Quiet Time is a school-wide program that provides students two restful 15-minute periods each day to reduce stress and promote life balance. The program has dramatically reduced school stress and helped create a positive learning environment. Student benefits include improved health, reduced violence, increased focus, better academic performance, and strengthened self-concept.
Mindful Movement in Schools (meditation & yoga)
Pure Edge’s evidence-based curriculum and resources promote resilience and success. All educators and learners deserve to be taught strategies that help combat stress and support the development of social, emotional, and academic learning competencies with an open heart and mind.
Permission to Feel Book Giveaway Program
We’ve given away over 500 copies of the book Permission to Feel to educators and school administrators to help them better understand and implement the RULER program into their teaching curriculum and daily lives.
Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett is a transformative book that delves into the importance of emotional intelligence and how understanding our emotions can lead to healthier, more fulfilling lives. Brackett, a psychologist and the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, introduces a framework called RULER, which stands for Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions. This method is designed to help individuals develop emotional literacy and navigate their feelings more effectively.
The book emphasizes that emotions are critical in decision-making, relationships, and overall well-being. It also provides practical tools, such as the Mood Meter, to help readers identify and articulate their emotional states. Ultimately, the book argues that emotional intelligence is a skill that can be learned and cultivated to improve mental health, relationships, and resilience.
If you are an educator and interested in learning more about the RULER program, please contact us via the website’s Connect page.
Field Manual for Veterans
Authors: Jesse Gould, with Elaine Marshall
A groundbreaking book focused on psychedelic therapy for veterans, aimed at addressing the alarming suicide rates among this vulnerable population. The book is a first-of-its-kind resource and will serve as a comprehensive guide to educate veterans, their families, partners, and policymakers about the potential of psychedelic therapy in successfully treating PTSD, suicidal ideation, and other mental health disorders that disproportionately affect veterans.
Clinical study at Emory University: MDMA-assisted Massed Exposure therapy for the treatment of PTSD in veterans
We partnered with MAPS to fund this study because of the proven success of Prolonged Exposure therapies in treating PTSD. Dr. Barbara Rothbaum, the leader of this study, is a pioneer in the development of these therapeutic protocols. The goal is to create new, innovative MDMA-assisted therapy protocols specifically designed for individuals with severe avoidance symptoms.
Professional Harm Reduction Videos
HHP is collaborating with the company PsycheArmor, which specializes in educational and harm reduction content used by the VA and other federal organizations. They will produce four psychedelic-specific videos, each lasting five minutes, focusing on tutorials related to general information about psychedelic therapy, risk reduction, and safe ways to access these resources. The videos will be utilized by the VA and other mental health professionals considering these approaches. This represents a significant missing piece in veteran therapy, helping to normalize the conversation.
MAPS 2023 & 2025 Psychedelic Science Conferences
Our foundation has sponsored both Psychedelic Science Conferences, bringing together leading international experts in psychedelic science to educate thousands of attendees and many more online participants in research and development across science, medicine, policy, business, spirituality, and culture. We believe that in order to help bring awareness and healing to the masses, it is essential to educate the public about the new and exciting research developments in the mental health space.
At the 2025 conference, we funded printing 5,000 free integration workbooks to be given away to conference attendees.
General Operations
We have provided funding to support the organization's general operating and back-office needs.
