Accompaniment Philanthropy: Trust, Flexibility & Shared Learning

Charlotte Wagner, Founder and President of Wagner Foundation March 26, 2025   “Building deep partnerships and placing value on shared learnings along the journey towards systems change drives our approach to giving” says Charlotte Wagner, a leader in a trust-based model of giving she calls Accompaniment Philanthropy. Since 2005, Charlotte and her Foundation have been […]
From Convalescence to Cure: The Role of Art in Healing Healthcare Systems

Abigail Satinsky, Program Officer and Curator, Arts & Culture, Wagner Foundation Lily Sargeant, Program Officer, US Partnerships, Wagner Foundation   November 13, 2024   As we emerge from the shadow of a devastating global pandemic, a renewed focus on innovative partnerships is sweeping across health and civic institutions seeking to provide more equitable community-based care. […]
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WF COMPONENTS KEY FRAMEWORK Our ‘Framework’ is a conceptual structure intended to serve as a support or guide for constructing something that expands the structure into something useful. APPROACH An ‘Approach’ is an overall style or idea that one adopts to overcome a problem or face a given situation. METHODOLOGY A ‘Methodology’ refers to structured […]
GROUNDWORK | Stories of Women Leaders in Agriculture

At Wagner Foundation, one of our core beliefs is that investment in women starts a ripple effect of impact. The root causes that allow gender inequality to persist must be directly confronted in order to end them. This outlook is fundamental to the way in which we approach our grantmaking and the beginning of a […]