F R O M O U R H I S TO RY,

HOPE

EVERY AMERICAN GENERATION MUST FACE DEFINING MOMENTS.
WE ARE FACING ONE NOW.

The recent killings of people and police officers in
communities across the country have stirred feelings
of discord and despair, and left Americans wondering
how we’ll find a way forward.

Yet America has faced many such moments before,
and found a path toward our ideals of dignity,
equality, and justice.

Though we find ourselves at the crossroads of crisis, we
are also in a moment of opportunity. In spite of anguish
and uncertainty, ideas, inspiration and action abound.

As presidents of America’s philanthropic
foundations, the remarkable organizations we
support give us all countless reasons for hope.

From this history, we draw hope.

What gives you hope?

Today, our nation needs more bridges of dialogue and
fewer barriers of division. America’s foundations are
proud to help courageous leaders build these bridges,
neighbor to neighbor, community by community.

Share the action taking place in your community at
#reasonsforhope. And visit our websites to learn
about the organizations working for change all across
the country—support them, volunteer, or get involved.

Randy Royster
Albuquerque Community
Foundation

www.albuquerquefoundation.org

Earl Lewis
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
www.mellon.org

Patrick McCarthy
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org

Kevin Jennings
Arcus Foundation
www.arcusfoundation.org

James Canales
Barr Foundation
www.barrfoundation.org

John Davies
Baton Rouge Area
Foundation
www.braf.org

Antonia Hernández
California Community
Foundation
www.calfund.org

Robert Ross
California Endowment
www.calendow.org

Judy Belk
The California Wellness
Foundation
www.calwellness.org

Edward Henry
Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation
www.ddcf.org

Alberto Ibargüen
John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation
www.knightfoundation.org

Sharon Alpert
The Nathan Cummings
Foundation
www.nathancummings.org

Vartan Gregorian
Carnegie Corporation
of New York
www.carnegie.org

Darren Walker
Ford Foundation
www.fordfoundation.org

Rip Rapson
The Kresge Foundation
www.kresge.org

Lorie Slutsky
New York Community Trust
www.nycommunitytrust.org

Sue Desmond-Hellmann
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
www.gatesfoundation.org

Daniel Lee
Levis Strauss Foundation
www.levistrauss.com/levi-
strauss-foundation/

Stephen Heintz
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
www.rbf.org

Larry Kramer
The William and Flora
Hewlett Foundation
www.hewlett.org

Jamie Merisotis
Lumina Foundation
www.luminafoundation.org

Sherry Ristau
Community Foundation
of the Great River Bend
www.cfgrb.org

Mariam Noland
Community Foundation
for Southeast Michigan
www.cfsem.org

Vikki Spruill
Council on Foundations
www.cof.org

Mary Jalonick
The Dallas Foundation
www.dallasfoundation.org

Carol Larson
The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
www.packard.org

Ann Stern
Houston Endowment
www.houstonendowment.org

Julia Stasch
John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation
www.macfound.org

Sherry Magill
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
www.dupontfund.org

Kate Wolford
The McKnight Foundation
www.mcknight.org

Ellen Alberding
The Joyce Foundation
www.joycefdn.org

Linda Perryman Evans
The Meadows Foundation
www.mfi.org

La June Montgomery Tabron
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
www.wkkf.org

Javier Soto
The Miami Foundation
www.miamifoundation.org

#REASONSFORHOPE

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Eric Jolly
The Saint Paul Foundation
& Minnesota Community
Foundation
www.saintpaulfoundation.org

Tony Mestres
Seattle Foundation
www.Seattlefoundation.org

Emmett Carson
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation
www.siliconvalleycf.org

Tonya Allen
Skillman Foundation
www.skillman.org

Phillip Henderson
Surdna Foundation
www.surdna.org