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Pervasive Problems Call for Engaged Partners with Bold Goals

We know that when we get it right, collaboration will allow us to embrace new viewpoints into the complex problems we want to solve, attract more partners, create new frameworks to guide action, and achieve bolder goals.

Peter Long, Ph.D.

President's Letter

Standing Firm and Moving Further Forward

This past year, against a backdrop of unprecedented change, the Foundation had a historic opportunity to put our values into action. With a bold, new grantmaking strategy and strong partners by our...

Peter Long, Ph.D.

Reimagine Lab Fellows

Reimagining Partnership: Interviews with Reimagine Lab Fellows

In January, we announced the Foundation’s call for applications for fellows to create new approaches to breaking the cycle of domestic violence as part of a “co-design lab.” I was lucky enough to be...

Re-framing our Frameworks

I love frameworks. Ask any of my colleagues at the Foundation and they’ll tell you that I’m the first to want to map an issue – using systems mapping , driver diagrams , 5 why’s – if it can help make...

Carolyn Wang Kong

Exploring the Value of Prevention

A few weeks ago, we released a new request for proposals as part of our Designing the Future of Health initiative, with the goal of addressing an important question: What will it take to generate...

Keeping Families and Futures Intact: Action steps for funders

Over the past week, our social media channels and online news outlets have been inundated with images of crying children, some in caged areas, separated from their parents at our country’s southern...

Carolyn Wang Kong

2023 year in numbers
$17.8 million awarded
70 grants made
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