The Atlantic Foundation and its related funds is a family foundation that supports innovators, organizations and programs utilizing innovative approaches to address issues of social justice, environment, and the arts.
A family foundation, rooted in Catholic social values, Better Way Foundation invests in systemic, holistic and evidence-based approaches that support the positive development of all children
Promoting sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change and supporting other important causes.
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The foundation focuses on supporting sustainable agriculture and food systems projects, while also supporting women's reproductive rights and other important causes, including environmental protection, arts and identity, natural disaster relief and social justice.
The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation is centered on building a more just, equitable, and sustainable world in which all people thrive. We pursue this mission through grantmaking and community activities in our key areas, as well as by leveraging our financial resources to positively contribute to social and environmental outcomes. In 2019, the Foundation officially committed to creating a portfolio of mission-related investments that supports positive change in our communities and the field of finance more broadly. This impact investing portfolio consists of both equity and debt holdings and employs a gender, racial, and environmental lens that seeks a financial return and fills the social and environmental gaps often created by traditional investment tactics." More specifically, at this time the foundation is committing 10% of its’ endowment capital to do our part to help catalyze the important and growing field of impact investing. We aim to invest in and with early stage fund managers of color and women managers, deposit cash reserves with community banks and low interest program related investments to address capital challenges of community development financial institutions and grantee partners.
The Sapphire Foundation is a family foundation seeking to enhance the quality of life in the Dallas, Texas area by supporting the arts, education, social services and other creative endeavors. In addition, Sapphire has been a key participant in the discipline of Sustainable Philanthropy, an ecosystem of tools, capital, and structures that spark and grow sustainable, scalable impact.
The world sees the San Francisco Bay Area as the center of innovation and Hawai‘i as a land of paradise. But too many members of our communities, especially people of color and individuals from low-income backgrounds, face systemic barriers and are left out of opportunities in their own backyards. We recognize that the challenges communities face are interconnected and urgent, and we are committed to doing our part. That is why the Stupski Foundation is collaborating with community partners over the next 10 years to invest all of our assets and make the greatest possible change in our communities today.
The Weissberg Foundation (“Foundation”) envisions a just world that recognizes inequities and builds access, opportunity, and power so that all can thrive. Through funding, amplification, capacity building, and collaboration, the Foundation advances organizations and efforts that give voice and opportunity to historically marginalized populations. The Foundation supports this mission and its operations with the assets in its Endowment Portfolio (“Endowment”). All capital has impact (positive, negative, and neutral) and the Foundation will evaluate this impact through the lens of our mission, economic opportunity, and with attention to the broader public good. We acknowledge that capital markets perpetuate structures of unequal access to opportunities, which reinforces and grows the social and economic inequities of our society. Only through intentional allocation of capital can we influence, expose, and change these existing conditions. Achieving social equity and sustainability requires alignment of our Endowment with the Foundation’s mission and vision. A fiduciary responsibility of the Foundation is to invest capital to maximize a rate of return in a way that that does not harm or detract from its mission or vision. When applicable, the Foundation will prioritize investments in traditionally marginalized populations, reduction of inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, and peace justice and strong institutions.
