Our Mission
Justice. Equity. Connection.
One creative act at a time.
With a belief in the power of art, storytelling, and working together for the common good, we make grants and co-create projects that help build a shared democracy, tell an honest and generative narrative about this country, and foster a culture of accompaniment.
Our Approach
Philanthropy as a creative act.
Like art, philanthropy begins with ideas. For us, philanthropy is a process and practice—one that requires time, effort, learning, partnership, intention, and invention to spark moral imagination and create new possibilities.
Our Strategy & Grantees
Building a shared America.
We support, generate, and test ideas and efforts that help build:
A Story of this Moment
The next America is being built.
Across all of America, our grantees are hard at work. Building a culture of connection, care, and kinship. Organizing multiracial movements that demand prosperity and equity for all. Fighting to safeguard our democracy. Working at the intersection of art, storytelling, and justice.
The journey toward justice is long.
Nourishment for the road ahead.
In moments of uncertainty and possibility, we turn to artists to guide us. Poet and writer Justice Brown shares her reimagining of Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again," a piece she wrote for Made by Us’ “Letters to America” and performed at its Youth250 gathering.
