A philanthropic society devoted to the blossoming of every mind.

The Sunder Foundation was conceived in 2022 as an aegis for the visionaries, clinicians, and artists whose quiet, persistent work elevates mental wellness from privilege to inheritance. We are headquartered in Palm Springs, California — but our gaze is unapologetically planetary.

Our Mission

To connect art, science & people with the blossoming possibilities of mental wellness.

By weaving socio-cultural, artistic, and technological innovations into a single tapestry, we facilitate the deep sharing — and the patient healing — of our stories and selves.

Through cultivating connections between one another and with nature, we strive to develop a compassionate culture of understanding and the celebration of diversity that strengthens and nourishes the universal in us all.

Mental wellness does not exist in a vacuum. It is the lived expression of an interconnected whole — within the human being and their entire community.

Our Vision

To cultivate conversations and lead by examples of wisdom & vitality.

By supporting individuals — pioneers, artists, scientists, visionaries — we facilitate expression, innovation, and leadership in this seminal field. This work illuminates what the empowerment of mental wellness can truly create: lasting change, adaptability, and resilience.

Powered by creativity, cultural diversity, and wisdom — and supported by technology — we share the processes, fruits, and joys of living in harmony with our own intrinsic centre.

Here at the Sunder Foundation, this would be our puja.

What guides us

Three principles that govern our work.

Not commandments — orientations. The directions we return to when the path forks.

Plurality before purity.

No single discipline owns mental wellness. We honour neuroscience and Kathak in the same breath, statute and sonata in the same sentence — because the mind is plural by constitution, and so must its custodians be.

II.

Quiet over loud.

The most consequential work in wellness rarely trends. We seek the steady labourers — the clinician in the rural district, the dancer in the ancestral village, the policy drafter at three in the morning — and we lift their lanterns.

III.

Wellness over not-illness.

"Not depressed" is no longer a sufficient horizon. We aim toward flourishing — toward thriving, fulfilment, and the daily satisfactions that distinguish a life endured from a life lived.

Our Dedication

"My mother sang the songs from her favourite Indian films. Even though she suffered from her ongoing mental challenges, she could always find joy and delight in traditional music and dance. May we all be blessed with these diamond gifts of love, joy, kindness, and mental wellness."

In loving memory — Rukmini Rajagopal

A dedication from Dr. Keerthy Sunder

Continue your sojourn.

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