Partners
Root Cause partners include foundations, non-profit organizations, businesses, public school districts, and public agencies.
Since 2004, we have helped more than 200 partners improve people’s lives in communities throughout the United States.
Partner Map
100% College Prep
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD Boston)
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Adonai Center
Advancement Project
Aerie Foundation
After School Matters
Age Concern
Alameda County Social Services Agency
Albuquerque Community Foundation
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Alzheimer’s Association – MA Chapter
American Health Initiative
American Society of Association Executives
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Artists for Humanity
Atlantic Philanthropies
Baltimore City Health Department
Berkeley County First Steps
Bermuda Brazilian Football School
Bermuda Civil Society Analysis Project
Bermuda Council on Ageing
Bermuda Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation
Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children
Beyond 12
Big Brothers Big Sisters Bermuda
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Big Thought
Black & Latino Collaborative
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.
Black Organizing Project
BNY Mellon
Boston After School and Beyond
Boston Black Women’s Health Institute
Boston Building Resources
Boston Centers for Youth and Families
Boston Children’s Chorus
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Community Hub Schools
Boston Globe Foundation
Boston Healthcare Institute
Boston Latin School Association
Boston Learning Center
Boston Police Department
Boston Private Industry Council (PIC)
Boston Public Health Commission
Boston Public Schools
Boston Rising
Boston Youth Sanctuary
Bottom Line
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Breakthrough Greater Boston
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Brookings Institution
Brooklyn Community Services
Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Bermuda
Building Impact
Bunker Hill Community College
Byte Back
Cambridge Public Schools
Campaign for Black Male Achievement
Cape Cod Healthcare
Cape Verde Children’s Coalition
Caritas Communities, Inc
Center for Adolescent Health and the Law
Center for Education Innovation
Center for Health and Healthcare in Schools
Center for Investigative Reporting
Center for Responsible Lending
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Center for Urban Families
Centering Healthcare Institute
Centre on Philanthropy
CHAMP
Child Mind Institute
Children’s Rights
Citizen Schools
Citizens Uprooting Racism Bermuda
City of Boston
City of Boston Office of Public Safety
City of Boston Office of Workforce Development
City of Milwaukee
City of New York
City of Somerville
CitySprouts
Close to Home
Coaching4Change
Coalition of Nonprofit Organizations
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color
College Advising Corps
College Bound Dorchester
CollegeSpring
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Committee to Protect Journalists
Common Impact
Commongood Careers
Communities in Schools Charleston
Community Catalyst
Community HealthCorps
Concerned Black Men National
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Connecticut Health Foundation
Connecticut Legal Services
Connections to Success
Cooking Matters MA
Cornerstones
Corporation for National and Community Service
Cradles to Crayons
DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation
Department of Youth Engagement and Employment
Deshpande Foundation
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Detroit Parent Network
Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE)
Diplomas Now
Discovering What’s Next: Revitalizing Retirement Inc.
Doc Wayne
Don Bosco Hall, Inc.
Dorchester County First Steps
Dorchester Youth Collaborative
DotWell
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Dynamy
Eagle Academy Foundation
Eagle Eye Institute
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership
East Bay College Fund
East Harlem Tutorial Program
East Oakland Youth Development Center
Eastern Michigan University
Economic Policy Institute
Emerald Cities Collaborative
Emmanuel Gospel Center
English for New Bostonians
Enroot
Ethos
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
Every Baby Guilford
ExpandED Schools
Experience Corps
Facing History and Ourselves
Family Service of the Piedmont
Family Services of Greater Boston
Father to Father, Inc.
Fathers, Families, and Healthy Communities
Fidelity Charitable
Figure Skating in Harlem
First Graduate
Flourish Agenda
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Freedom House, Inc.
FriendshipWorks
Future Chefs
Generations Incorporated
Germantown Neighborhood Center-AKA South Shore YMCA
Girls’ LEAP
Girlstart
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Greater Hartford Legal Aid
Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Green Door Initiative
GreenLight Fund
GRLZ Radio
Groundwork Lawrence
Growing Power
GuideStar
Guilford Child Development
Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services
Haley House
Harvard Medical School
Health Resources in Action
Healthcare Chaplaincy
Hearth, Inc.
Heinz Endowments
Help Me Grow National Center
Highland Street Foundation
Home & Healthy for Good
HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) National Resource Center at Tufts Medical Center
Horizons National
HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited
Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc.
Hyams Foundation
InnerCity Weightlifting
Inspirica
Inter American Press Association
Interise
International Institute of New England
Irving Harris Foundation
Irving Harris Tenets Initiative
ITNAmerica
ITNOrlando
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston
Jewish Family Services of Metrowest
Job Training Alliance
Joe Andruzzi Foundation
John W. Alden Trust
Justice in Ageing
Justice Resource Institute
Justine PETERSEN
JVS (Jewish Vocational Services) Boston
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
Kit Clark Senior Services
Knight Foundation
Latinos for Education
Lavelle School for the Blind
Lenny Zakim Fund
Lesley University
Lifepath (FCCHCC)
Literacy Council of Norristown
Longfield Family Foundation
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship
Lumina Foundation
Machine Science
Madison Park Development Corporation
Mandela Yoga Project
Margaret Stewart Lindsay Foundation
Mass Audubon
Mass Mentoring Partnership
Mass Mutual Foundation
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Department of Public Health – Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
Massachusetts Senior Action Council
MathPOWER
Medicine Wheel Productions Inc
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
Mighty Writers
Mill City Grows
MissionSAFE
Mississippi Association of Grantmakers
MIT Innovations Journal
Mobilize.org
Montana Conservation Corps
More Than Wheels
More Than Words
Mothers for Justice and Equality
My Brother’s Keeper Boston
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
National Civilian Conservation Corps
National Council on Aging
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Employment Law Project
National Hispanic Council on Aging
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services at Boston College
Neighborhood Service Organization
Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Nemours National Office of Policy and Prevention
New England Center for Arts and Technology
New England Culinary Arts Training (NECAT)
New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Newport Partnership for Families
Nike
Nike Foundation
NYC Autism Charter School
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Oakland Unified School District
Oakland Unified School District
OASIS Institute
Office for Community Child Health, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Open Education Consortium
Open Society Foundations
Orange County Community Housing Corporation
Panthera
Parent Child Interaction Therapy Charleston
Parents as Teachers
Parents as Teachers Guilford County
Partners for Youth with Disabilities
Partnership for Families Northside
Partnerships for a Skilled Workforce, Inc
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools
Perkins School for the Blind
Phillips Academy Andover
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Playworks
Potomac Health Foundation
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
Project Bread
Project Equity
Project Hope
Project HOPE Alliance
Providence After School Alliance
Pulaski Technical College
Raw Art Works
Ready for School, Ready for Life
Rediscovery House
ReServe Elder Service, Inc.
Residential Program for Pregnant Teens
Restaurant Opportunities Centers
Rita Allen Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Roca, Inc.
Roosevelt Institute
Root Capital
Root Cause Research and Assessments
Rosie’s Place
SAGE
Saint John’s Program for Real Change
Say Yes Guilford
School on Wheels of Massachusetts
Schrafft Charitable Trust
Science Club for Girls
Science for Nature and People Partnership
SEIU Education & Support Fund
Shelter Music Boston
Sigma Foundation for Nursing
Silver Lining Mentoring
SkillWorks at The Boston Foundation
Smart from the Start
Social Capital Inc.
Social Solutions, Inc.
Sociedad Latina
Somerville Public Schools
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Springwell, Inc.
State Street Foundation
Step Up
StreetSquash
Strengthening Our Sons
Strong Women, Strong Girls
Student Conservation Association
Student Programming for Academics and Athletic Transitioning
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Summer Search, Boston
Swanee Hunt Alternatives Fund
TeamFAME at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Teen Services
Tempo Young Adult Resource Center
Texas OneStar Foundation
The Allstate Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The ASAE Foundation
The Aspen Institute
The Athletic Scholars Advancement Program
The Barr Foundation
The Biogen Foundation
The Black Family Foundation
The Boston Foundation
The California Endowment
The Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships at UNCG
The Columbus Foundation
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
The Duke Endowment
The Family Centre
The First Tee of Metropolitan New York
The Fish Family Foundation
The Fund for Public Schools
The JPB Foundation
The Kapor Center
The LGBT Aging Project
The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
The My Life My Choice Project
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
The North Carolina Division of Public Health
The Opportunity Network
The Osprey Foundation
The Philanthropy Connection
The Possible Project
The Prosperity Agenda
The Scholarship Academy
The Schott Foundation for Public Education
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
The Skillman Foundation
The Steppingstone Foundation
The Theater Offensive
The Trust Project
The Urban Institute
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Young People’s Project
The Yunion
Thomas House Family Shelter
Time Banks USA
Trefler Foundation
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
Trinity Boston Foundation
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
Tufts Medical Center
U.S. Small Business Administration
uAspire
UnidosUS
United Teen Equality Center
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
United Way of New York City
University System of Georgia
Up2Us
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Vanguard Charitable
Veterans Legal Services
Victory Programs
VietAID
Viking Global Foundation
Voice of the Experienced
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Ways to Work
Women’s Resource Centre
Workers Defense Project
WorkEXPRESS
WriteBoston
Year Up
YMCA of Greater Boston
YMCA of Greater New York
Young Scholars Program
Youth Options Unlimited Boston
YWCA Greensboro
YWCA High Point
Zero to Three
ZUMIX
Our Partners
Foundations
Aerie Foundation
Albuquerque Community Foundation
Atlantic Philanthropies
Boston Globe Foundation
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Connecticut Health Foundation
Deshpande Foundation
Eagle Academy Foundation
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
Fidelity Charitable
Greater Worcester Community Foundation
GreenLight Fund
Heinz Endowments
Highland Street Foundation
Hyams Foundation
Irving Harris Foundation
Irving Harris Tenets Initiative
Joe Andruzzi Foundation
John W. Alden Trust
Knight Foundation
Lenny Zakim Fund
Longfield Family Foundation
Lumina Foundation
Margaret Stewart Lindsay Foundation
Mass Mutual Foundation
Mississippi Association of Grantmakers
Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Nike Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Potomac Health Foundation
Rita Allen Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Schrafft Charitable Trust
Sigma Foundation for Nursing
SkillWorks at The Boston Foundation
Swanee Hunt Alternatives Fund
Texas OneStar Foundation
The Allstate Foundation
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The ASAE Foundation
The Barr Foundation
The Biogen Foundation
The Black Family Foundation
The Boston Foundation
The California Endowment
The Columbus Foundation
The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
The Duke Endowment
The Fish Family Foundation
The JPB Foundation
The Kapor Center
The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation
The Osprey Foundation
The Philanthropy Connection
The Schott Foundation for Public Education
The Skillman Foundation
The Steppingstone Foundation
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Trefler Foundation
Trinity Boston Foundation
Tufts Health Plan Foundation
van Beuren Charitable Foundation
Vanguard Charitable
Viking Global Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Nonprofits
100% College Prep
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD Boston)
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Adonai Center
Advancement Project
After School Matters
Age Concern
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Alzheimer’s Association – MA Chapter
American Health Initiative
Artists for Humanity
Berkeley County First Steps
Bermuda Brazilian Football School
Bermuda Civil Society Analysis Project
Bermuda Council on Ageing
Bermuda Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation
Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children
Beyond 12
Big Brothers Big Sisters Bermuda
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Big Thought
Black & Latino Collaborative
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, Inc.
Black Organizing Project
Boston After School and Beyond
Boston Black Women’s Health Institute
Boston Children’s Chorus
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston Community Hub Schools
Boston Healthcare Institute
Boston Learning Center
Boston Private Industry Council (PIC)
Boston Rising
Boston Youth Sanctuary
Bottom Line
Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
Breakthrough Greater Boston
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Brookings Institution
Brooklyn Community Services
Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Bermuda
Building Impact
Byte Back
Campaign for Black Male Achievement
Cape Cod Healthcare
Cape Verde Children’s Coalition
Caritas Communities, Inc
Center for Adolescent Health and the Law
Center for Education Innovation
Center for Health and Healthcare in Schools
Center for Investigative Reporting
Center for Responsible Lending
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Center for Urban Families
Centering Healthcare Institute
Centre on Philanthropy
CHAMP
Child Mind Institute
Children’s Rights
Citizen Schools
Citizens Uprooting Racism Bermuda
CitySprouts
Close to Home
Coaching4Change
Coalition of Nonprofit Organizations
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color
College Advising Corps
College Bound Dorchester
CollegeSpring
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Committee to Protect Journalists
Common Impact
Commongood Careers
Communities in Schools Charleston
Community Catalyst
Concerned Black Men National
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Connecticut Legal Services
Connections to Success
Cooking Matters MA
Cornerstones
Cradles to Crayons
DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Detroit Parent Network
Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE)
Diplomas Now
Discovering What’s Next: Revitalizing Retirement Inc.
Doc Wayne
Don Bosco Hall, Inc.
Dorchester County First Steps
Dorchester Youth Collaborative
DotWell
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Dynamy
Eagle Eye Institute
East Bay College Fund
East Harlem Tutorial Program
East Oakland Youth Development Center
Economic Policy Institute
Emerald Cities Collaborative
Emmanuel Gospel Center
English for New Bostonians
Enroot
Ethos
ExpandED Schools
Experience Corps
Facing History and Ourselves
Family Service of the Piedmont
Family Services of Greater Boston
Father to Father, Inc.
Fathers, Families, and Healthy Communities
Figure Skating in Harlem
First Graduate
Flourish Agenda
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Freedom House, Inc.
FriendshipWorks
Future Chefs
Generations Incorporated
Germantown Neighborhood Center-AKA South Shore YMCA
Girls’ LEAP
Girlstart
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Greater Hartford Legal Aid
Green Door Initiative
GRLZ Radio
Groundwork Lawrence
Growing Power
GuideStar
Guilford Child Development
Haley House
Health Resources in Action
Healthcare Chaplaincy
Hearth, Inc.
Help Me Grow National Center
Home & Healthy for Good
HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) National Resource Center at Tufts Medical Center
Horizons National
Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc.
InnerCity Weightlifting
Inspirica
Inter American Press Association
Interise
International Institute of New England
Irving Harris Tenets Initiative
ITNAmerica
ITNOrlando
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston
Jewish Family Services of Metrowest
Job Training Alliance
Justice in Ageing
Justice Resource Institute
JVS (Jewish Vocational Services) Boston
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
Kit Clark Senior Services
Latinos for Education
Lifepath (FCCHCC)
Literacy Council of Norristown
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade
Machine Science
Madison Park Development Corporation
Mandela Yoga Project
Mass Audubon
Mass Mentoring Partnership
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
Massachusetts Senior Action Council
MathPOWER
Medicine Wheel Productions Inc
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
Mighty Writers
Mill City Grows
MissionSAFE
Mobilize.org
Montana Conservation Corps
More Than Wheels
More Than Words
Mothers for Justice and Equality
My Brother’s Keeper Boston
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
National Council on Aging
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Employment Law Project
National Hispanic Council on Aging
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services at Boston College
Neighborhood Service Organization
Nemours National Office of Policy and Prevention
New England Center for Arts and Technology
New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Newport Partnership for Families
NYC Autism Charter School
OASIS Institute
Office for Community Child Health, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Open Education Consortium
Orange County Community Housing Corporation
Panthera
Parents as Teachers
Parents as Teachers Guilford County
Partners for Youth with Disabilities
Partnership for Families Northside
Partnerships for a Skilled Workforce, Inc
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools
Playworks
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools
Project Bread
Project Equity
Project Hope
Project HOPE Alliance
Providence After School Alliance
Raw Art Works
Ready for School, Ready for Life
Rediscovery House
ReServe Elder Service, Inc.
Residential Program for Pregnant Teens
Restaurant Opportunities Centers
Roca, Inc.
Roosevelt Institute
Root Capital
Rosie’s Place
SAGE
Saint John’s Program for Real Change
Say Yes Guilford
School on Wheels of Massachusetts
Science Club for Girls
Science for Nature and People Partnership
SEIU Education & Support Fund
Shelter Music Boston
Silver Lining Mentoring
SkillWorks at The Boston Foundation
Smart from the Start
Social Capital Inc.
Social Solutions, Inc.
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Springwell, Inc.
Step Up
StreetSquash
Strengthening Our Sons
Strong Women, Strong Girls
Student Conservation Association
Student Programming for Academics and Athletic Transitioning
Teen Services
Tempo Young Adult Resource Center
The Aspen Institute
The Athletic Scholars Advancement Program
The Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships at UNCG
The Family Centre
The First Tee of Metropolitan New York
The Fund for Public Schools
The LGBT Aging Project
The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
The My Life My Choice Project
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
The Opportunity Network
The Possible Project
The Prosperity Agenda
The Scholarship Academy
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
The Theater Offensive
The Trust Project
The Urban Institute
The Young People’s Project
The Yunion
Thomas House Family Shelter
Time Banks USA
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
uAspire
UnidosUS
United Teen Equality Center
United Way of New York City
Up2Us
Veterans Legal Services
Victory Programs
VietAID
Voice of the Experienced
Ways to Work
Women’s Resource Centre
Workers Defense Project
WorkEXPRESS
WriteBoston
Year Up
YMCA of Greater Boston
YMCA of Greater New York
Young Scholars Program
Youth Options Unlimited Boston
YWCA Greensboro
YWCA High Point
Zero to Three
ZUMIX
Businesses
American Society of Association Executives
BNY Mellon
Fidelity Charitable
HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited
Nike
Parent Child Interaction Therapy Charleston
State Street Foundation
The Biogen Foundation
Tufts Medical Center
Vanguard Charitable
Schools
Boston Community Hub Schools
Boston Latin School Association
Boston Public Schools
Bunker Hill Community College
Cambridge Public Schools
Eastern Michigan University
Harvard Medical School
Lavelle School for the Blind
Lesley University
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
MIT Innovations Journal
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services at Boston College
Oakland Unified School District
Oakland Unified School District
Perkins School for the Blind
Phillips Academy Andover
Pulaski Technical College
Somerville Public Schools
University System of Georgia
Government Agencies
Alameda County Social Services Agency
Baltimore City Health Department
Bermuda Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation
Boston Centers for Youth and Families
Boston Police Department
Boston Public Health Commission
City of Boston
City of Boston Office of Public Safety
City of Boston Office of Workforce Development
City of Milwaukee
City of New York
City of Somerville
Community HealthCorps
Corporation for National and Community Service
Department of Youth Engagement and Employment
Dorchester County First Steps
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership
Every Baby Guilford
Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services
Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Department of Public Health – Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
National Civilian Conservation Corps
NYC Department of Youth and Community Development
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The North Carolina Division of Public Health
U.S. Small Business Administration