Featured Projects
There's no one-size-fits-all kind of change. Every project we do is different. Here are some we're especially proud of.
Footsteps
Developing a refreshed theory of change and strategic plan for Footsteps involved exploring and reconciling the viewpoints and interests of community members, staff, and board to build consensus around priorities…
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Our Data Ethics Guidebook and Toolkit can serve as go-to resources for foundation staff, evaluators, and nonprofit partners, delivering practical guidance and customizable tools for navigating ethical issues in research…
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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.
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The 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.
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Our 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.
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In-person outcome mapping sessions and deep dives with Health Care Leadership Program participants revealed how investment in individual health care leaders rippled out to changes in organizational culture and even…
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