Our Vision of a Shared Future
Our Vision of a Shared Future
No matter who we are, how we live, or what we believe, we all share a deep need and capacity for human connection and belonging.
We envision a future where our differences are not cause for divisions but sources of strength, where our shared humanity unites us, and collaboration enables us to solve the most challenging problems of our day.
Amid today’s growing divides, isolation, and distrust, we believe these challenges can be met — and overcome — when we invest in relationships, foster collaboration across lines of difference, and embrace our shared humanity.
Meet Our Team
Founder & Trustee
David Einhorn
Executive Director
Jenn Hoos Rothberg
Operations Lead
Barbara Wanasek
Communications & Strategy Lead, Belonging
Chi Nguyen
Administrative Lead
Christine Baitsell
Strategy Lead, Bonding
Ira Hillman
Strategy Lead, Building
Jonathan Gruber
Strategy Lead, Bridging
Shawn Jenkins
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Our Commitment: Building a Culture of Connection and Belonging in America
Perception gap
noun
The difference between what we perceive a group thinks and what that other group actually thinks. These misperceptions make it harder for people to engage across differences, leading to distrust, disconnection, and toxic polarization.
At Einhorn Collaborative, we are committed to working alongside a broad coalition of partners and peers to help shape a shared future for our country: one that elevates belonging over othering, bridging over breaking, and connection over isolation.
Our nation’s founding principles — life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — represent an enduring aspiration to create a more perfect union. These ideals have inspired generations, even as our country has grappled with both historical and ongoing challenges that fall short of the American promise.
This reality drives our commitment to embrace efforts in our own organization, our collaboratives, and in our fields of practice that help us recognize, reveal, and address all forms of “othering.”
While our team brings different backgrounds and perspectives, no small team like ours can fully represent the rich diversity of our country.
This understanding compels us to remain lifelong students of our nation’s history, reflect on our knowledge and perception gaps, and engage with those whose perspectives are different from our own.
At the same time, our commitment to fostering true belonging means we are unwilling to collaborate with people or organizations grounded in the dehumanization or rejection of entire groups, simply because of what they look like, whom they love, how they pray, or where they are from. We believe that respectful dialogue across differences is both possible and necessary, but it must be grounded in mutual recognition of each person’s inherent dignity.
As individuals and collectively, we know this is hard work that takes time and intentionality. We will likely get things wrong. We commit to regularly examining our contributions to social change efforts in service of creating a country where all of us feel seen, heard, and valued: a culture of true belonging.
Einhorn Collaborative is a private foundation created and funded by David Einhorn, our Founder and Trustee. Funding for Einhorn Collaborative’s grantee partners and collaborations comes from Einhorn Collaborative, from the Einhorn Family Fund at J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund and National Philanthropic Trust, and from other giving vehicles directed by David Einhorn.