Coexist Foundation

06/03/2026

Recent pictures of our Coexist fountains in the South of France.

05/21/2026

From the Scriptural Reasoning session we sponsored at in NYC prior to the Coexist Prize.

05/19/2026

From the original Press Release:

The Coexist Foundation will hold the inaugural Coexist Prize ceremony at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on March 20, 2012 from 7:30-9:30pm. Featuring HE Sheikh Ali Gomaa (the Grand Mufti of Egypt), Bishop Mark S. Hanson (Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), and Rabbi David Saperstein (Director of the Religious Action Center), alongside prominent dignitaries and religious leaders, the Coexist Prize ceremony will honor finalists from around the world and will announce the first place $100,000 Coexist Prize winner.
Religion is often blamed for much of the conflict and extremism in the world, but rarely are people of faith honored for the work they do in creating communities where all can flourish without fear or prejudice. The Coexist Prize is an international prize that has been established to recognize an unsung hero or heroine who has made outstanding contributions to building bridges between people of different faiths.
The Coexist Prize will be presented to one of the six distinguished finalists who have made exceptional contributions to building bridges between people of different faiths. They have all shown a great deal of courage and determination beyond their day to day responsibilities and have each effected change that will leave a lasting impact in their society and beyond. Two runners up awards worth $10,000 will also be presented.

05/18/2026

Sacred texts and rarely seen materials from the Library’s holdings comprise Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam and are now the lived experience of half of the world’s population. Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, The New York Public Library’s leading fall 2010 exhibition, explores these three religions through the texts they have produced. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam live side by side around the world and in New York City and continue to be part of the local dialogue, fueling discourse and debate. Three Faiths informs the discussion with four millennia of spiritual history as seen through 200 of the Library’s most inspiring sacred texts. Three Faiths is on view from October 22, 2010 through February 27, 2011 at the Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Showcasing materials drawn entirely from the permanent collections of The New York Public Library, Three Faiths portrays major aspects of each of the three Abrahamic faiths. Although not a strict comparative analysis of the three religions, the exhibition illustrates the most important basic commonalities among the three: Monotheism, Abraham, Revelation, and Scriptures. After introducing the founding figures of these faiths, the exhibition presents the scriptures they produced or inspired, and the ways in which those texts have been used, for centuries or millennia, in the daily lives of ordinary people. These broad themes are illustrated through focused vignettes ranging from artifacts of Jewish mysticism to revolutionary vernacular translations of the Christian Bible to depictions of the Hajj.

05/17/2026

To understand and inform the public debate on the important dynamic of faith relations, Gallup partnered with the Coexist Foundation to disseminate its proprietary, independent global public opinion research. The Gallup Coexist Index 2009: A Global Study of Interfaith Relations is the first annual report on the state of faith relations in countries around the world. To measure the state of the relationship among faith groups within nations, Gallup designed an index that gauges the segment of the public that both contributes to and stands in the way of better faith relations.

05/14/2026

In 2007 the Coexist Foundation in partnership with the hosted a first of its kind exhibit “Sacred” showcasing gems from the three Abrahamic faiths taken from their own archives. Many never seen prior.

Sometimes it simply takes working together with institutions to demonstrate the shared history and heritage of faiths.

05/13/2026

In 2007 and in cooperation with Bono of we installed two drinking fountains in Jardin de la Paix and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in the South of France. They still stand today and offer much needed relief to hikers and visitors of all walks of life. It is also designated by the government as a tourist site!

https://provence-alpes-cotedazur.com/en/things-to-do/culture-and-heritage/places/coexist-fountains-lighthouse-saint-jean-cap-ferrat-en-2886292/

05/12/2026

While we hate see acts of hate and violence, we can always use them as opportunities to spread the message of Coexist. We were thrilled when the students of Walt Whitman Highschool reached out for us with help in printing the Coexist banner using one of our logos. Keep up the good work!!

In the wake of Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian hate speech graffiti at Walt Whitman High School, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) partnered with other religious and cultural student groups on Feb.

05/12/2026

As we look back at 20 years of Coexist, we will be reviving our social media accounts with some snaps from the past. Please stay tuned and make sure you are following us!