Intelligence, integrity, compassion, and the pursuit of social justice guide the who, what, why, and how of our work.
Our job is to help changemakers learn from the work they do and share the power of their learning with the communities they serve.
Read our equity statement.
To root out racial injustice, we studied the litany of structural barriers that impede the rise of racially inclusive and representative leaders in the outdoors.
Learn more about Justice Outside (formerly Youth Outside)Learn moreOur learning cycles with the Center’s climate change, nuclear weapons, and mass violence and atrocity teams tested their assumptions and informed ongoing adjustments to their policy advocacy strategies.
Learn more about Stanley Center for Peace and SecurityLearn moreThe benefits—and challenges—of working across program teams surfaced tensions between the urgent need to work across sectors and long-held grantmaking practices structured by content area.
Learn more about The Kresge FoundationLearn moreIn-person outcome mapping sessions and deep dives with Fellowship participants revealed how investment in individual health care leaders rippled out to changes in organizational culture and even state policy.
Learn more about California Health Care FoundationLearn moreWhether helping you define your strategy, getting feedback from community members, or making sense of your data together, our questions aim to deepen our collective understanding of what you’re trying to accomplish and how you’ll get there.
Every person is an expert on their own life, and we value this expertise. Listening is our greatest tool in transforming these individual lived experiences into an interwoven source of insight and power.
In our increasingly complex, interconnected, and interdependent world, there have never been more ways to create change or more data to gather. When we listen, reflect back, and synthesize with you, we’ll surface what’s important to both learn and, ultimately, do.
