Mission & Pillars

Build the conditions for a better life.

We develop research, policy, and philanthropic proposals to strengthen public systems and protect human dignity.

Our focus

Five connected fields.

Health, learning, rights, discovery, and cooperation shape one another. Our work considers those connections.

Health systems strong enough to reach every person.

Learning systems that widen freedom across a lifetime.

A responsible path for humanity beyond Earth.

Dignity, freedom, equality, and justice made durable.

Many nations. Equal membership. A common future.

Principles

Invest attention in work that can outlast a news cycle, grant cycle, or political season.

Test ideas rigorously and judge them by their effects on people’s rights and access.

Shape the work with communities, practitioners, public institutions, and funders.

Respect different communities while considering consequences for the planet and future generations.

How we work

Start with people and practitioners closest to the problem.

Examine evidence, law, costs, and the barriers to implementation.

Develop policy, funding proposals, public tools, and partnership plans.

Work toward adoption through advocacy, collaboration, and proposed grantmaking.

Evaluate results, publish lessons, and revise what does not work.

For governance and institutional status, see About the Foundation.