Focus Topic: Relationships

A Q&A with Charlotte is Creative on building bridges through art to create a more vibrant, connected, and inclusive city.

Trust matters: studies reveal that stronger trust in people and institutions is linked to greater happiness and life satisfaction.

NY teens: Apply now to join the Teen Tech Council and lead digital wellness initiatives with #HalftheStory and the Clinton Foundation.

Check out highlights from the August 2025 trip to Washington, D.C. with this year's cohort of DifferenceMakers®.

One of a series of case studies that illustrate a capabilities framework for effective public partnerships that includes navigation, convening, experimentation, and codification.

We are in the midst of a profound crisis in men’s mental health — and it is one many of us are too uncomfortable to acknowledge. Men account for nearly three out of four “deaths of despair” in the United States — suicides, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related fatalities​. That is not a statistic that can […]

Read about the story and goals of one of the incredible 2025 graduates and DifferenceMakers CLT alum from one of our grantees, Communities in Schools.

Visualization capturing insights exploring the ideation of purpose at a 2022 “purpose jam” hosted by Purpose Commons’ co-founders. Photo/art by Rio Holaday. I’ve always believed that great ideas often start when like-minded people come together to build community. It’s in community that collaboration takes root and real progress happens. That’s why I think it’s important for […]

Read Tommi Laitio's research brief with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University.

The World Happiness Report just dropped, and it’s clear—our work at the Gambrell Foundation has never been more relevant. This year’s focus? Relationships.