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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation’s largest philanthropy dedicated solely to health. Since 1972, the foundation has supported research and programs targeting some of America’s most pressing health issues—from substance abuse to improving access to quality health care, recognizing that no matter the issue, no single organization or sector can change the trajectory of America’s health alone.

The Kresge Foundation is a $3.6 billion private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development in Detroit. The foundation, in collaboration with our nonprofit, public, private, and philanthropic partners, helps create pathways for low-income people to improve their life circumstances and join the economic mainstream.

The Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social, and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. Through its grantmaking, the Oak Foundation supports others to make the world a safer, fairer, and more sustainable place to live. 

Wells Fargo is a community-based financial services company with a vision to satisfy its customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. The Wells Fargo Foundation launched a philanthropic strategy in 2019 anchored on housing affordability solutions, small business and financial health. This includes a $1 billion philanthropic commitment to address housing affordability solutions by 2025.

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is a private foundation based in Morristown, New Jersey, that seek a just and equitable Garden State where people of all races and communities have equal access to opportunities and are able to thrive and achieve their full potential.

JPMorgan Chase works with community partners to create pathways to opportunity by supporting workforce development, financial capability, small business development and community development in the regions where JPMorgan Chase operates.

Kaiser Permanente is a leader in identifying, measuring, and eliminating disparities in health and health care. We do this by targeting resources to areas of need in the communities we serve, investing in important and needed research into the entire construct of disparities, and identifying and implementing strategies and policies that support equity in health nationwide—including universal health coverage.

NeighborWorks America creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives, and strengthen their communities.

The PNC Foundation forms partnerships with community-based nonprofit organizations within the areas PNC serves in order to enhance educational opportunities for children, particularly underserved pre-K children, and to promote the growth of communities through economic development initiatives.

Valley National Bank is a regional financial institution with $42 billion in assets and more than 200 branches located throughout New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Florida and Alabama. Valley National Bank aims to improve the quality of life and bring economic empowerment and change to communities. 

The Ford Foundation believes that social movements are built on individual leadership, strong institutions, and innovative, often high-risk ideas. While the specifics of what the foundation has worked on has evolved over the years, investments in these three areas have remained the touchstones of everything The Ford Foundation does and are central to its theory of how change happens in the world. 

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