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.
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.
Academic achievement is a foundation
for lifelong success.
for lifelong success.
One of the most valuable resources in overcoming poverty is
receiving an education.
receiving an education.
Academic achievement is a foundation
for lifelong success.
for lifelong success.
One of the most valuable resources in overcoming poverty is
receiving an education.
receiving an education.
Academic achievement is a foundation
for lifelong success.
for lifelong success.
One of the most valuable resources in overcoming poverty is receiving an education.
When we focus on people and workforce development,
we bring stability to our communities.
we bring stability to our communities.
By providing training and investing in our workforce,
we can end income and job inequality.
we can end income and job inequality.
When we focus on people and workforce development, we bring stability to our communities.
By providing training and investing in our workforce,
we can end income and job inequality.
we can end income and job inequality.
When we focus on people and workforce development, we bring stability to our communities.
By providing training and investing in our workforce, we can end income and job inequality.
By promoting equality for those impacted by the
criminal justice system, we initiate a cycle of hopefulness.
criminal justice system, we initiate a cycle of hopefulness.
Half of released American prisoners end up going back to jail within three years.
We’re making sure that changes.
We’re making sure that changes.
By promoting equality for those impacted by the
criminal justice system, we initiate a cycle of hopefulness.
criminal justice system, we initiate a cycle of hopefulness.
Half of released American prisoners end up going back to jail within three years.
We’re making sure that changes.
We’re making sure that changes.
By promoting equality for those impacted by the criminal justice system, we initiate a cycle of hopefulness.
Half of released American prisoners end up going back to jail within three years.
We’re making sure that changes.
We’re making sure that changes.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Emerging Leader’s Passion for Music and Teaching is Changing Young Lives
Performing and teaching artist Andrew Gibson has worked on albums and shared stages with Grammy winning artists such as Nelly, Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, Huey Lewis and the News, and many more. Yet none of that is more important to him than the creative collaborations he continues to have with countless numbers of underserved youth in St. Louis, Mo.
In July 2020, Gibson was awarded a We Raise Emerging Leader Grant for sharing his music, teaching, and leadership skills at the Freedom Arts and Education Center in St. Louis, where he is the executive director.
“ … 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
