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Philanthropy

Gary Sutton & Antong Lucky
Philanthropy

Americans are investing more time and resources into social causes than ever before. But it’s hard to know if you’re making a real, and lasting, difference in people’s lives. Stand Together changes that.

Shared vision, shared values

Stand Together partners with hundreds of America’s most successful business leaders and philanthropists who want to invest their time, talent, and resources to solve the greatest challenges of our time. We help them do that by taking a businesslike approach to social change, providing access to a community of peers with shared values, and leveraging a comprehensive strategy and capabilities built over 20+ years to maximize their results.

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Brian Hooks

Disrupt and innovate

Stand Together Ventures is a community of entrepreneurs and business leaders in the growth stage of their careers. Ventures partners embrace the principles of empowerment and apply disruptive thinking to discover 100x solutions to the greatest challenges of our time.

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Top stories

See the latest stories, ideas, and insights from Stand Together community partners tackling America’s biggest problems through their businesses and philanthropy.

An image of a door opening in a dark room and light shining through. Many organizations say they are ‘open.’ But what does that mean?

Why stretching outside our comfort zone is good for society.

A man looking at an event exhibit articulating the principles of human progress A principled approach to solve big problems in our country

Our principles never change, but how we communicate them must to become more relevant to more people.

Sal Khan speaking on stage at a conference hosted by Stand Together. Khan Academy and Stand Together Trust Announce Partnership to Leverage AI to Transform Education

Stand Together Trust commits $20 million over five years to scale Khan's groundbreaking technology.

January 25, 2024

Stand Together founder and philanthropist Charles Koch ICYMI: Charles Koch's principles-based legacy and future giving featured in Forbes 

While not ready to retire, Koch shared he will leave most of his wealth to the Stand Together community and a new grantmaking organization, Believe in People.

October 12, 2023

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