Windbridge Research Center

What Windbridge Research Center does

Windbridge Research Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization incorporated in Arizona in July 2017 and granted federal tax-exempt status in February 2018, succeeding prior research conducted at Windbridge Institute, LLC. The Center applies rigorous, controlled-laboratory scientific methodology, including blinded protocols, EEG brain imaging, hematological studies, and the proprietary 26-dimension Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory, to study mediumship, consciousness, and after-death communication. Its core outputs include the open-access peer-reviewed journal Threshold: Journal of Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies, free educational fact sheets and videos, the annual online Afterlife Symposium, the Audrey's Project multimedia initiative, and peer-reviewed publications in external journals such as EXPLORE, Journal of Parapsychology, and Frontiers in Psychology.

The Center serves four distinct audience segments: researchers and scientists studying consciousness; clinicians and mental health professionals seeking evidence-based information on afterlife beliefs and grief treatment; practicing mediums pursuing the (now-closed) Windbridge Certified Research Medium certification; and the general public seeking educational content about dying, death, and what comes next. All content is provided free of charge and distributed through the Center's website, email newsletter (via MailChimp), social media channels, scientific conferences, and podcast/media appearances.

The business model is donation- and grant-funded. Revenue streams comprise public donations, matching challenge grants (two documented rounds of $10,000 each in 2018 and 2019 from anonymous and private foundations), and recurring research grants from organizations including the Bial Foundation (five-time recipient), the Helene Reeder Memorial Fund for Research into Life after Death, and the Sarah Estep Memorial Research Fund. The Center maintains strategic research collaborations with the Institute of Noetic Sciences and UC San Diego, and advisory ties to the Yale COPE Project and the Society for Psychical Research. Leadership consists of co-founders Mark Boccuzzi (Executive Director) and Dr. Julie Beischel, PhD (Director of Research Emerita following her 2024 transition from Research Director), with Senior Scientist Lisa Conboy, MA, MS, ScD.

Name

Windbridge Research Center

Legal name

Windbridge Research Center

Website

https://windbridge.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Windbridge Research Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that applies rigorous controlled-laboratory scientific methodology to study mediumship, consciousness, and after-death communication. It serves researchers, clinicians, practitioners, and the general public with free open-access publications, fact sheets, and the Threshold journal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Parapsychology and Consciousness Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Access Scholarly Journals & Monographs (EDAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Humanities & Arts Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAE)

Keywords

• Mediumship research
• Consciousness studies
• After-death communication
• Parapsychology research
• Grief and bereavement education

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and charitable contributions: The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that relies on public donations. Federal tax-exempt status granted February 22, 2018. Donations support research development, educational materials, website maintenance, and conference presentations.
2. Research grants: Grant funding from foundations supporting parapsychology and consciousness research, including Bial Foundation, Helene Reeder Memorial Fund, and Sarah Estep Memorial Research Fund.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Windbridge Research Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that conducts rigorous, controlled-laboratory scientific research on mediumship, consciousness, and after-death communication, and disseminates the findings through free open-access educational materials. Its deliverables include the peer-reviewed journal Threshold (TJICS), educational fact sheets, videos, a research screening program for mediums, the annual Afterlife Symposium, and the multimedia educational initiative Audrey's Project. All content is provided at no cost to four target audiences: the general public, researchers, clinicians, and practitioners.

Product overview

Windbridge Research Center is a nonprofit research organization (501(c)(3)) that offers a portfolio of free educational products and research services. The core offering is its scientific mediumship research conducted under controlled laboratory conditions, which informs several interconnected products: the peer-reviewed journal Threshold (TJICS), free educational fact sheets and videos, the 2021 Afterlife Symposium (a multi-session online conference), and Audrey's Project (a multimedia initiative transforming after-death communication experiences into educational exhibitions). The organization also publishes research manuscripts in external peer-reviewed journals and presents findings at academic conferences. All educational content is freely accessible and distributed under open access terms, with materials tailored for four distinct audiences: researchers, clinicians, practitioners, and the general public.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Threshold: Journal of Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies (TJICS): A free, online-only, open access peer-reviewed journal published by Windbridge Research Center focusing on interdisciplinary studies of consciousness as it relates to dying, death, and what comes next.
• Audrey's Project

Products and services

• Threshold: Journal of Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies (TJICS) A free, online-only, open-access peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, review articles, research briefs, conference presentations, education and training aids, essays, editorials, case studies, and book reviews on interdisciplinary studies of consciousness related to dying, death, and what comes next.
• Educational Fact Sheets
• Educational Videos Free in-house and curated video content reviewing specific research topics, including conference presentations and externally produced videos on mediumship, consciousness, and afterlife-related subjects.
• 2021 Afterlife Symposium A free online symposium with multiple sessions featuring research presentations and informal conversations with mediums and scholars, with content tailored for clinicians, scientists, practitioners, and the general public covering afterlife beliefs, end-of-life experiences, and mediumship research findings.
• Audrey's Project An educational initiative that creates collaborations between after-death communication (ADC) experiencers, researchers, mental health professionals, artists, and technologists to transform submitted written ADC reports into rich multimedia exhibitions, offered online as a free open-access resource.
• Mediumship Research Programs Rigorous scientific research programs studying mediums, including the Information Research Program, Operation Research Program (brain imaging studies), and Application Research Program (grief therapy applications), conducted under controlled laboratory conditions with blinded protocols.

Quantifiable outcome

• Some mediums demonstrated accurate and specific information under blinded laboratory conditions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Yale COPE ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Windbridge researchers Julie Beischel and Mark Boccuzzi served on the Advisory Committee for the Yale Influence/Control Over Perceptual Experiences (COPE) Project.
• Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Collaborated on EEG brain imaging study investigating electrocortical activity in six Windbridge Certified Research Mediums. Study examined correlations between accuracy and brain activity during different mental states.
• University of California, San DiegocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Collaborating organization on the cortical and autonomic responses study, contributing expertise to EEG research on mediums.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies: Founded in 2020 as a newer entrant funding and conducting scientific research into survival of consciousness after death. It is highly comparable in subject matter (survival research), target audience of researchers and the public, and nonprofit funding model, but with a larger grant-making capacity rather than an in-house research lab.
• Koestler Parapsychology Unit, University of Edinburgh: A university-based research unit conducting experimental research into parapsychological phenomena using rigorous scientific protocols. Comparable as an academically anchored parapsychology research group with a publication record in psychology and consciousness journals.
• Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona: An academic research center studying consciousness science with overlapping interest in consciousness and its relationship to physical processes. Located in the same city as Windbridge (Tucson) and at the same institution (University of Arizona) where Dr. Beischel earned her PhD, with complementary scientific scope.

Direct peers

• Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS): IONS is a nonprofit consciousness-research organization that collaborated directly with Windbridge on EEG brain imaging studies of mediums. Both organizations operate as nonprofits studying consciousness and survival of consciousness after death, share a scientific-but-open-minded methodology, and publish peer-reviewed work—the most directly comparable organization.
• Rhine Research Center: An independent nonprofit research organization based in Durham, NC, founded from the work of J.B. Rhine at Duke University. Like Windbridge, it conducts controlled scientific laboratory research on parapsychological phenomena, uses blinded protocols, and operates as a donation-funded 501(c)(3) research center.
• International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS): A nonprofit membership organization that supports research, education, and support groups around near-death experiences. Highly comparable in nonprofit structure, scientific-investigation-of-survival mission, and audience overlap with Windbridge's afterlife and consciousness focus.
• Forever Family Foundation: A nonprofit dedicated to supporting scientific afterlife research and education about after-death communication. Members of the foundation were quoted endorsing Windbridge on its own website, indicating overlap in mission, audiences (researchers, mediums, bereaved families), and educational content delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Society for Psychical Research (SPR): Founded in 1882, the SPR is the oldest organization dedicated to scientific investigation of paranormal claims and has funded specific Windbridge-related projects. It is comparable in mission (rigorous study of survival-related phenomena) but operates as a broad membership society rather than a focused research center.
• Parapsychological Association: An international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in parapsychology research, affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Comparable as the field's main professional scientific body where Windbridge researchers publish and present.
• Society for Scientific Exploration: An organization of scientists and others interested in studying unusual phenomena outside mainstream science. Windbridge researchers present at its conferences, and the society's interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal Explore publishes Windbridge research outputs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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