The All One Now Retreat Center in the Making

It’s a good and important question.

We are a 100% volunteer-run organization, rooted in transparency, care, and community. Every dollar supports real, tangible next steps — including legal fees, strategic planning, land assessments, and administration.

Ninth Wave Arts has been active for years and is supported by trusted partners like Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre. In the U.S., we’ve been gifted the stewardship of All One Now, a registered charitable nonprofit, to carry this vision forward responsibly.

We’re committed to keeping you informed and to honouring every donation with accountability and gratitude. You’ll find updates here as the work unfolds.

Our current goal is $15,000, to support:

• Legal & consulting fees
• Home/septic inspections
• Administrative & planning costs

This groundwork allows us to move forward with clarity, care, and strategic support — and positions us for the next step: acquiring the Vermont land.

You become a part of something meaningful.

You’re supporting land-based learning, folk traditions, community gatherings, and cultural remembering. Your gift helps create spaces where people reconnect with land, creativity, and each other.

Whether or not you ever visit, you’re helping build a more connected, rooted, and creative world. And if you want to get more involved, we welcome larger donors, values-aligned investors, and skill-based volunteers.

This vision isn’t new — it’s been unfolding quietly for years.

The Vermont land spoke to us long before the political climate shifted. This is not a reaction to current events but a deep listening to a place of power and potential: a forested ridge in the Chester Dome where elder trees, stone outcroppings, and spring-fed ponds hold a kind of ancient knowing.

We believe now is the time to invest in resilience, sanctuary, and reconnection. In a divided world, this is about bridge-building — not boundary-setting.

We were gifted stewardship of All One Now, a U.S. charitable nonprofit, in an act of deep alignment and generosity. This lets us move forward with solid structure while continuing our strong Canadian programming as well. This is not a departure — it’s a widening. Two sister sites held by the same soul.

Right now, all funds raised go toward building the foundation of our Vermont project — through our U.S. charitable entity, All One Now.

Your gift helps cover essential early-stage costs:

• Legal and professional fees
• Home and septic inspections
• Administrative and strategic planning

These are the behind-the-scenes steps that ensure long-term success.

If you’d prefer to support our work in Canada, your donation will go to our general programming, infrastructure, and local land-based arts initiatives. Every contribution helps — and you can give where you feel most called.

Yes — absolutely.

Our Canadian work is alive and growing: seasonal gatherings, storytelling circles, folk arts workshops, and local community programming continue to thrive.

We’re also in a key phase of strategic planning, and we need funds to:

• Strengthen administrative infrastructure
• Hire consultants to guide our growth
• Ensure accessibility and sustainability

Your donation here helps deepen and expand our roots in Canada.

Yes.

• In Canada, Ninth Wave Arts is a registered nonprofit.
• In the U.S., we steward All One Now, a registered charitable organization.
  U.S. donors can make tax-deductible contributions.

Absolutely.
If you’d like to offer:

• A larger donation
• A values-aligned loan or investment
• Gifts of time, skills, or in-kind support

We would love to hear from you. Community comes in many forms, and we welcome all who feel called to contribute. Contact us at [email protected].