Help us grow.

This year, more than 130 people from 12 countries applied to our programs. We could welcome only twenty. The hunger is immense; our space too small.

We rely entirely on the generosity of friends like you. With your gifts, we aim to raise $700,000 to expand our campus: building essential communal facilities and adding seven shepherd’s huts — creating room for more voices, more conversations, more lives transformed.

“I have taken away a renewed sense of courage and connection, a renewed commitment to trying to change my life.” — Student, Spring 2025

“The conversations and ideas we created together will change how I contribute to the world, and hopefully the quality of my spirit.” — Student, Spring 2025

“One of the most beautiful and meaningful experiences of my life.” — Faculty, Spring 2025

What your gifts make possible:

  • $50,000 is the cost of a Shepherd's hut. We are looking to get seven of these for our students and faculty to live in.

  • $75,000 is the cost of building a water well, a septic tank, and of bringing electric to the land where we will place the shepherd's huts.

  • $3,000 allows us to install a fireplace and air conditioning unit in each shepherd's hut, so we can have year-around programs.

  • $10,000 allows us to outfit a cozy interior inside the shepherd's huts with everything our students need: bed, kitchenette, WC, desk and chair.

  • $275,000 allows us to build an indoor, communal dining space and kitchen in our new piece of land.

  • $17,000 is the cost of the shepherd's huts' fully insulated timber frame, oak windows, and a 30-year-guaranteed traditional "tin” cladding.

  • $25,000 is the cost of half a shepherd's hut. We are looking to get seven of these for our students and faculty to live in.

Make a gift

We welcome legacy gifts, or donations made in honor of someone. You can also mail checks to:

Matthew Strother Foundation, PO Box 18, Catskill, NY 12414.