Our Values

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Our Values

Our culture,

our commitment

These values embody our culture and commitment to solving social problems. They guide how we approach our work, how we interact with partners and each other, and how we shape our organization.

Learn more about our commitment to racial equity.

Balance Bold & Achievable

We help our partners redefine what is possible, chart a path, and get there, maximizing the change that can be made from finite resources.

Cultivate Community

We value human connection, support each other in work and in life, and create space for laughter and levity.

Decode The Complex

We work relentlessly to think one step ahead and bring data, clarity, and structure to complex issues.

Pursue Equity & Inclusion

We value our differences. We strive to dismantle systems of inequity and to help our partners do the same. We seek to create spaces where people feel that they belong and can be their unique selves.

Listen & Learn

We intentionally approach situations with a hunger to listen deeply, learn, experiment, and shift direction as needed. We are guided by our belief that risk-taking and learning are essential to making change.

Build Lifelong Relationships

We ground relationships in trust and approach them with humility, transparency, and respect. We put others first, meeting them where they are and adapting to get them where they aspire to be.

Our culture,

our commitment

These values embody our culture and commitment to solving social problems. They guide how we approach our work, how we interact with partners and each other, and how we shape our organization.

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Balance Bold & Achievable

We help our partners redefine what is possible, chart a path, and get there, maximizing the change that can be made from finite resources.

Cultivate Community

We value human connection, support each other in work and in life, and create space for laughter and levity.

Decode The Complex

We work relentlessly to think one step ahead and bring data, clarity, and structure to complex issues.

Pursue Equity & Inclusion

We value our differences. We strive to dismantle systems of inequity and to help our partners do the same. We seek to create spaces where people feel that they belong and can be their unique selves.

Build Lifelong Relationships

We ground relationships in trust and approach them with humility, transparency, and respect. We put others first, meeting them where they are and adapting to get them where they aspire to be.

Listen & Learn

We intentionally approach situations with a hunger to listen deeply, learn, experiment, and shift direction as needed. We are guided by our belief that risk-taking and learning are essential to making change.

Our Manifesto​

Together, we share a vision.

We dream of a world in which all people thrive.
We strive to solve problems at the magnitude they exist.

We seek ways to make it happen.
We get impatient, sometimes.
We get discouraged, occasionally.

We quietly fear our actions won’t be enough to get us there.
But we don’t give up.

We keep going.

Because we didn’t get into this business because it was easy.

We did it because the dream is worth realizing. And when the dream asks more of us, we have to be ready to give it.

Be unreasonable.

Try everything.

Explore new avenues.

Find new allies.

Act boldly.

And when the world pushes back,

Dream Forward.