We Raise Foundation

Motivated by the belief that freedom is grace in action (Galatians 5:1a), We Raise Foundation partners with Christian nonprofit organizations and emerging leaders working at the intersection of poverty, violence, and inequality. We Raise has a preference for funding solutions within the areas of education, workforce development, and criminal justice and employs a unique approach to its investing by coupling program funding with a variety of robust value-added services that empower its grantees to grow their solutions. As a result of these value-added services, every $1 that donors invest through We Raise multiplies into more than double the benefit to the organizations We Raise supports.

People free from poverty, violence, and inequality.

Goal One: Establishing partnerships with other funders to generate maximum resources for our grantees.

Goal Two: Deploy value-add services to leverage our support to grantees and generate additional capital for their programs.

Goal Three: Impact community-based programs to promote equity in under-resourced communities by ensuring a diversity of voices are represented within our own organization.

Because We Raise believes so strongly in the importance of leadership, we have dedicated one of our two grants programs to investing in emerging leaders. We fund the development of non-profit leaders through individualized coaching, leadership symposiums and the Center for Creative Leadership. We have also invested these tools in our own leadership.

During COVID, especially 2020, We Raise converted its programmatic support to general operating, allowing our grantees to utilize our funding where needed most. We softened our reporting requirements and offered additional support for digital fundraising efforts as in-person gatherings became impossible.