About Us

Brian Hooks onstage
About Us
Who is Stand Together?

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, a unique network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

Our North Star

Stand Together is working to move toward a society where everyone has the opportunity to live a life of meaning and succeed by benefitting others.

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A philanthropic community with national scale

Complex problems require a comprehensive approach. That's why the Stand Together community partners with a wide diversity of changemakers, including thousands of nonprofit leaders, Fortune 50 CEOs and philanthropists, NFL legends, civil rights leaders, Grammy-winning musicians, and grassroots policy activists.

Map showing the diversity of Stand Together partners across the country focused on education, business, communities, and public policy.
Our history & leadership

Stand Together was founded in 2003, but our story really started more than 50 years ago. It began with our founder Charles Koch — the chairman and co-CEO of one of the largest private companies in America and a Forbes Top 25 philanthropist who has donated $7 billion to nonprofit causes over his lifetime.

Brian Hooks is the chairman and CEO of Stand Together. He is co-author with Charles of Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World and a TIME 100 Next honoree, featuring leaders shaping the future of their fields. 

Watch Charles and Brian answer frequently asked questions about Stand Together’s approach to philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, funding, politics, and more.
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Learn more about the ways Stand Together is empowering people to solve our country's biggest problems.

RCA x Beast ICYMI: Beast Philanthropy & Stand Together partner on education effort

Beast Philanthropy, Stand Together, collaborate to illustrate what happens when educators are empowered to build classrooms where fun, creativity, and even singing and dancing are celebrated. 

May 2, 2024

 Stand Together Music Wellness Room At Moody Center Oak View Group & Stand Together Expand Impact Partnernship To Austin

Stand Together to serve as OVG’s official social impact partner in Austin, launching transformative community partnership with Red River Rising and “Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater”

May 1, 2024

 Stand Together Senior Vice President Evan Feinberg pictured with the founders of The Last Mile, Chris Redlitz and Beverly Parenti ICYMI: How to break generational cycle of incarceration & end poverty

Believing in people and empowering them from the bottom up will reduce recidivism.

May 1, 2024

 T.D. Jakes speaks at Good Soil event. Good Soil Forum Hosts Seed Capital Events to Boost Business Ownership

Pinky Cole, Tabitha Brown, Arian Simone, and Charles King are among the innovators and visionaries participating in this year's annual gathering.

April 24, 2024
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