Innovator
Through collaboration with community partners, businesses and donors, we create new solutions that drive positive, lasting change.
Career Academies
Career Academies prepares high school students for in-demand, high wage careers through real-world experiences and training.
Full Lives
An innovative two-year initiative, Full Lives takes a community-driven, place-based approach to improving local food systems.
Big Challenges Require Big Ideas
Through intentional ongoing collaboration, we deliver innovative ways to solve community challenges, informed answers through data and technology, and scalable solutions built upon proven initiatives.
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Collaborate
We listen as experts in convening community and believe deliberate conversations with our nonprofit partners, the community and donors lead to innovation. -
Connect
We co-create and test emerging ideas and strategies with our nonprofit partners. -
Create Change
We amplify and scale promising strategies that drive results, impact change and significantly disrupt inequities by income, race or place.
Impact of Innovation
What’s Your Role?
Community Changemaker
We can’t do this work without the support of changemakers like you. Donate to help us fund innovative solutions or share your ideas for how we can fuel change in our community.
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"We’ve been known for our workplace/employee giving campaigns and nonprofit grantmaking, but we wanted our other core impact areas – 211 Resource Helpline, advocacy and innovation – to equally shine. " -
"This holiday season, I want to say thank you for all you do to support our community. 2020 has been challenging, but as I reflect on the past year, I’m proud of the impact we made together as changemakers. "