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What Does Coalition Building Look Like For This Generation?
August 27, 2025While important work can be done in digital spaces, building momentum for change requires us to step outside of digital siloes and connect with one another on …
Fund These D.C.-Based Organizations
August 13, 2025In these times, it is crucial that organizations that protect Washington, D.C. residents' fundamental freedoms from overreach and any occupying force are robus…
… The Silence of Our Friends
February 18, 2025In times of plenty, the work we do can seem easy. Resources abound. Apathy seems at bay. The promise of a better future feels just within reach. Those times do…
Public Welfare Foundation Expands to Maryland
January 27, 2025Across Maryland, organizers, advocates, and coalitions are tugging the complex state toward justice reform. Encouraged and emboldened by their persistence, Pub…
Why We Fund the Future
January 9, 2025I’m ringing in 2025 with hope.Research shows that hope is healthier than cynicism, and it’s better for problem-solving.One thing that is giving me hope right n…
From the mouth of babes: Letting young people lead us to a new vision of justice
August 2, 2023Summers typically unfold with news reports of surging youth violence, whether or not data support the conclusion that young people are at the center of that su…
Year in Review: Public Welfare Foundation’s 75th Anniversary
December 14, 2022We started this year — our 75th — with a question:What will it require to truly achieve justice in the next 75 years?We’ve spent the year investigating this qu…
Year in Review: Public Welfare Foundation’s 75th Anniversary
December 13, 2022We started this year — our 75th — with a question:What will it require to truly achieve justice in the next 75 years? We’ve spent the year investigating this …
Highlighting Public Welfare Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Event
October 10, 202275 years is a milestone worth celebrating. And the work that our partners wake up and do each and every day is worth celebrating.Public Welfare Foundation ga…
