Please read a special statement from We Raise Board Chair Andrew Steele and We Raise President and CEO Paul Miles.
Let’s end poverty, violence,
and inequality in our communities.
and inequality in our communities.
Stay informed about the many ways we’re investing
in communities across the country
Stay informed about the many ways we’re investing
in communities across the country
Motivated by the belief that freedom is grace in action, We Raise Foundation partners with Christian nonprofit organizations and emerging leaders working at the intersection of poverty, violence, and inequality. We employ a unique approach to our investing by coupling program funding with a variety of robust value-added services that empower our grantees to grow their solutions to tackle social problems on the scale at which they exist. Our three priority granting areas are:
education, workforce development, and criminal justice.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
MAAFA Redemption Project: Redeeming a City, One Life at a Time
In Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood, a community of faith is investing in at-risk, emerging men of color—mind, body and soul. With the help of We Raise Foundation and friends like you, young men ages 18–30 are leaving their troubled pasts behind to become pillars of strength in their families and agents of change in their community.
This doesn’t happen overnight, but with dormitory-style residential support, workforce training, spiritual mentorship, life coaching, and a host of wrap-around social services, the impact of the MAAFA Redemption Project just keeps growing. The program is now in its seventh year, and graduates are serving as mentors and volunteers, reaching more and more participants with education, support, and the hope of the Gospel.
“ … And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8