When whole fields move together with intentionality, that's when systems change.
We believe that the fragmentation of efforts is one of the greatest barriers to progress. To meet this moment, we bring a systems lens to how strategies are shaped, capital is deployed, and leadership is shared. We advance “collectively owned strategies” rather than programs dominated by any single stakeholder.
We support leaders who are building for coherence, not control. And we approach systems change with a dual mindset: urgent enough to act today, patient enough to transform over time.
Our Theory of Change
Our aim is to lay foundations for transformation, with trusted orchestrators at the center.
Recent Publications
Collectively Owned Strategies
Jordan Fabyanske and Sonila Cook, with Board member Mariah Levin, share their perspectives in the winter 2025 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. They argue that current funding strategies for philanthropic impact tend to be too siloed, too shallow and too static to drive meaningful change. Global and systemic challenges can be addressed more effectively with strategies that are collectively owned.
Financial Backbones White Paper
Jordan Fabyanske collaborated with the TransCap Initiative and 27 other experts to co-author a new report on the emergence of financial backbones—innovative actors that could transform how we tackle society’s biggest challenges. Rooted in context and applying a systems view, they build strategies around the challenge itself—not the limits of a single funding source.
Lessons Learned Report
As we reflect on the five-year anniversary of our initiative portfolio, our team is pleased to share key lessons we’ve learned as practitioners of systems work for societal change. This report synthesizes the five-part learning series we shared on social media in early 2025, presenting insights at each level of our theory of change.
