The Foundation provides grants to and investments in organizations that promote these strategies for low-income families in urban and rural communities in the United States. The Foundation will also support research and policy efforts that advance these wealth-creation strategies. For detailed information about each of our Wealth-Creation Strategies, please visit the links above and at left.

The Foundation also makes grants and investments, and commits other Foundation resources, to efforts that:

• Demonstrably incorporate people with disabilities as beneficiaries of the wealth-creation strategies on which the Foundation is focused.
• Encourage effective practices in philanthropy, specifically to expand social impact through mission-related investing, as well as to promote core support funding, practical means of assessing impact, and high quality customer service to our partner grantees and investees.
• Develop systems and approaches for reliable, credible data, research and technology systems that inform and expand practice and policy in wealth creation.
• Provide financial or technical assistance to community-based development organizations or coordinate practitioner networks to exchange lessons learned.