Across the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, 2022 was a year of integration and getting to the heart of what matters most in our work. The pandemic’s overlapping hardships and the intensity of change over the past three years have compelled us to be more intentional and explicit about equity to improve how we work and show up for our communities.

We engaged the entire organization and sought stakeholder feedback in creating an equitable evaluation framework for learning. Our framework has three areas of inquiry: organizational excellence; our values of equity, interdependence and creativity; and the changes we want to see. It’s a roadmap for clarifying how we work in service of our mission and values. The Foundation continues to strengthen our outreach and processes and invite more community engagement in strategy design and decision-making to shift power and build mutually accountable relationships. As you read Turning Points, I hope you sense the impact of our work with grantees and community partners.