What we fund
Eight areas,one standard.
We fund across a wide range on purpose: the causes below are not separate problems, they are the same people and the same places seen from different angles.
STEM education
We fund hands-on science and math teaching, robotics and coding, teacher training, laboratory equipment and scholarships, with a preference for organizations serving students who are underrepresented in technical fields.
- Robotics and maker programs
- Teacher training and lab equipment
- Scholarships for first-generation students
Social & emotional learning
We support programs that teach emotional literacy, conflict resolution, restorative practice and belonging, from early childhood through high school, inside schools and in the community organizations that surround them.
- Restorative practice in schools
- Emotional literacy curricula
- Peer mentoring and belonging
Environment & climate
We back habitat restoration, reforestation, regenerative agriculture, clean energy adoption and the community organizing that keeps environmental protections enforced.
- Habitat and reforestation
- Regenerative agriculture
- Community land and air protection
Water conservation
We fund watershed restoration, wells and sanitation, water-quality monitoring, drought resilience and the conservation education that changes how communities use what they have.
- Watershed restoration
- Wells and sanitation
- Water-quality monitoring
World peace
We support peace education, mediation and dialogue, trauma healing across divided communities, and the civic trust that lasting peace is built on.
- Dialogue and mediation
- Peace education
- Trauma healing in divided communities
Mental health & whole-person care
We fund organizations that combine top-tier nutrition, physical activity, occupational therapy and mental health treatment. Recovery is rarely a single appointment, and it is almost never only a conversation.
- Nutrition and metabolic health
- Exercise as treatment
- Occupational therapy and daily living
Housing the unhoused
We support permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, shelter-to-home programs and the case management and wrap-around care that make housing last.
- Permanent supportive housing
- Rapid rehousing
- Case management and wrap-around care
Reentry & rehabilitation
We fund job training, education inside facilities, transitional housing, family reunification and the mentoring that keeps reentry from becoming recidivism.
- Job training and placement
- Education inside facilities
- Transitional housing and mentoring
Not sure where you fit? Choose the closest area and explain it in your letter.