Our primary means of achieving our goals is to provide grants, in the form of general operating support and program-specific funding, to nonprofit organizations whose work aligns with our vision and goals.

We strive to add value to the work of our grantees by convening leaders, offering training opportunities and sharing lessons and ideas across the region. We encourage our grantees to evaluate their efforts and to invest in consultants and technical experts as needed. We initiate research projects when we identify crosscutting challenges that are best pursued outside of the scope of a traditional grant.

To maximize the impact of our limited grantmaking dollars, we collaborate with other grantmakers to ensure that sufficient resources are available to achieve success. Where possible, we encourage the groups we support to collaborate with each other to increase the effectiveness of their efforts.