Community Gardeners from Riverdale Community Action Project

The Metcalf Foundation advances innovative approaches to sustainability, equity, and creativity.

We pursue our work in fostering sustainable communities by creating the conditions for innovation, risk-taking, collaboration, learning, and reflection.

We support people and organizations with a range of perspectives to connect the dots across disciplines and sectors.

We nurture leaders, equipping them with skills and opportunities for learning and reflection.

We seek points of integration in thinking and practice across issues.

We inform public policy with cutting-edge ideas and research.

We encourage the emergent and untried and place bets on new ideas and new ways of working.