Barack Obama Foundation

The Obama Foundation's mission is to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world.  The Obama Foundation moves people from hope to action in order to support the core values that are the underpinning of a healthy democracy.  It strengthens democratic culture through its amplification of the values that underpin democracy, its program investments in individual and organizational leadership, and the Obama Presidential Center, a hub for civic engagement.  With this award, the Obama Foundation produces the Democracy Forum, a convening that will include over 1,000 young leaders and influencers, democracy and technology practitioners, academics and thought leaders, and funders.  The Forum is expected to identify and advance new and powerful solutions that build greater trust in our institutions, leverage new leaders and technologies, and renew our democratic culture.

Founded in 2014, the mission of The Barack Obama Foundation is to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world. Its core programs and activities include leadership development, youth mentorship, fostering of civic innovation, and creative problem-solving in the United States and throughout the world. This award enables the Obama Foundation to construct a programming space for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Initiative (TRHT) within the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) on Chicago’s South Side. The TRHT space at the OPC will host trainings, gatherings, and webinars for racial healing practitioners, in addition to creating a multimedia production about racial healing and collective actions.

Founded in 2014, the mission of The Barack Obama Foundation is to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world. Its core programs and activities include leadership development, youth mentorship, fostering civic innovation, and creative problem solving in the United States and throughout the world. This award enables the Obama Foundation to construct a branch of the Chicago Public Library within the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's south side. The Obama Presidential Center Branch will house multimedia collections, host community programming and include spaces for reading and studying that can be converted to open seating for events. The Branch Library will also include a YOUmedia Learning Lab, a space that offers young people high-quality learning experiences along with the digital tools and technologies to explore their interests.