Arnold Ventures is a philanthropy working to improve the lives of all Americans by pursuing evidence-based solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems. We fund research to better understand the root causes of broken systems that limit opportunity and create injustice. Our focus areas include Criminal Justice, Higher Education, Health, and Public Finance. In each area, we advocate for policy reforms that will lead to lasting, scalable change. Founded in 2010 by Laura and John Arnold, the mission of Arnold Ventures is to maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. We are a team of more than 100 subject-matter experts headquartered in Houston with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Arnold Ventures manages the giving for various Arnold entities, including the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, Action Now Initiative, and the Arnolds’ donor-advised fund.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a family foundation guided by the enduring business philosophy and personal values of Lucile and David, who helped found one of the world’s leading technology companies. The Foundation works on the issues our founders cared about most, including improving the lives of children, enabling the creative pursuit of science, advancing reproductive health, and conserving and restoring the earth's natural systems.
FEG's mission is to "Empower our clients to achieve their goals through superior investment performance, objective insights, and research". We are an independently-owned advisory firm that provides investment consulting, outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO), and research services to predominantly institutional clients, such as university endowments, private and public foundations, community foundations, religious organizations, and healthcare institutions. FEG developed the Responsive Investing Solutions Exchange (RISE), as a partnership with our clients to provide investors seeking both financial and social gains the opportunity to align their portfolios with their own unique goals.
The objective of the Thriving Communities Fund is to help deliver on our mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We recognize that the health outcomes of our members and communities are impacted by the social, economic, and environmental conditions of the places where they live, work, and play. Our Community Health strategy commits us to engage all our assets and influence to help make every KP community one of the healthiest in the nation. Our investment capital is an important asset that we can deploy in support of healthier communities in America and the world. The Thriving Communities Fund (“the Fund”) will make impact investments in institutions and programs that seek to improve the length of life, quality of life, and reduce inequity in KP communities, while preserving capital. Fund investments will be made in KP served communities, with a primarily focus on underserved populations. Fund investments will be informed by the Community Health Needs Assessments and ongoing engagement in KP communities, as well as by external experts and advisors.
The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation, seeks to improve the quality of life for present and future generations. Through grantmaking, collaboration, and encouragement of strategic policy reform, we use our resources to attend, unite, and empower those we serve.
