What if the goal isn't avoiding hard conversations but learning how to have them?

Executive Director Jenn Hoos Rothberg is featured in McKinsey's "Conviction and Connection" report, examining essential skills for effective philanthropy leadership.

Here are the 21 items that inspired us this year.

Explore our new site to understand our strategies, find stories of belonging, and discover resources for building connection everywhere.

A child's simple act of noticing kindness reminds us that acknowledging the good in others creates ripples of connection.

The “cascading” interest in connection: The more we connect with others across differences, the more we want to keep connecting.

We’re leaning on our relational approach and commitment to show up for our partners where they need us most.

We all yearn to be known, to live by our own values, to feel loved, and to belong.

I'm taking cues from our collaborative history and need for connection to understand how we rise to challenges together.