We advance health and economic justice by transferring 100% of our resources to efforts at the intersection of race and gender.

Guided by our vision of a world where communities and society as a whole are thriving with people of color at the helm, we are committed to spending down all of our assets by 2030.

Achieving our vision calls for our role to extend beyond traditional philanthropy; requiring the transfer of all of our historically unjust resources directly to the movements we aim to serve.

Read our full Mission, Vision, and Values statement

From vision to action

We are focused on maximizing the impact of our assets— spanning programming, investments, and human resources— in pursuit of our mission.

  • We are deepening our approach to trust-based philanthropy by allocating significant, unrestricted resources to key anchor organizations designed to bring about systemic change. Born from the feedback and aspirations of the movements they serve, these organizations have been designed to provide the field with the resources needed to realize visions of a more just future. Each of Tara’s portfolio leads has had the opportunity to join these anchor organizations as staff, creating sustainable impact that outlives our current form.

  • We’re working diligently with our investment advisors to align every dollar with our mission. Grounded in a comprehensive assessment of racial equity investing and opportunities within our existing portfolio, our Board of Directors is actively crafting a racial justice investing strategy that spans every asset class, building on our contributions in the realm of gender-lens investing.

  • We’re intentionally relinquishing our human capital into the field. As our journey evolves, staff, board members, and consultants will take on new roles that align with our mission, sustaining our impact in innovative ways well into the future.

    By weaving together our programmatic, financial, and human assets, we aim to build a lasting legacy that transcends the lifespan of the foundation itself. We welcome collaboration with like-minded funders and partners dedicated to transformative impact.

Anchoring for impact

Our grantmaking resources are primarily dedicated to anchor organizations that align with our mission. While we are not open to new proposals, we encourage you to learn more about these organizations.

Our guiding principles

We are stewarding our spend-down through our values, guided by the following principles:

→ Racial equity at the core

→ Catalyzing collaboration

→ 100% for mission

→ Leveraging all of our assets

Learn more about our approach.

Spotlight

  • A New Chapter for Tara Health

    For years, our grantees, partners, and peers called on powerful institutions, like ours, to confront an uncomfortable truth: the money and power we hold and steward are often built upon the very unjust systems we seek to change.

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  • 2023 Annual Update: Leadership Transitions and Spend-Down Reflections from Tara Health

    As we move through the early months of the new year, we are eager to share updates from our work in 2023, including developments in our efforts to spend down, reflections on our ongoing journey of shifting power and money, and exciting leadership changes that will shape our path forward.

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  • Unlocking abundance by spending down

    Informed by the invaluable input and feedback of grantees and partners, the Tara Health Foundation has embarked on an exciting journey to spend-down: by 2030, we commit to investing all of our resources into solutions at the intersections of gender and racial equity and closing our doors. We have dedicated considerable thought to the details of this spend-down process, and we are excited to share our plans with our community.

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