We're growing partnerships with key U.S. cities and regions on topics related to social connections, regenerative place-making, rural futures and lifelong learning, as well as supporting our Fellows to drive change.
We support RSA Fellows' projects in a variety of ways. Find out more about support for promoting your work and funding available.
We envision a world where the circumstances of your birth don’t predict what you can achieve. To support this, we function as a global catalyst, convening and supporting practitioners, places and policymakers in pursuit of growing social connections to support mobility and wellbeing through global prize incentives, connected places, a global action learning network and unlocking philanthropic investment.
Our ambition is to support and accelerate regional innovations in good work, economic security and inclusive growth. Find out more about this work.
The RSA has been at the forefront of progressive social change since 1754. Today with over 31,000 Fellows around the world and with countless more allies working to drive transformation in society, we want to pause and put a lens on the art of change-making itself. We want to interrogate our assumptions and common myths around how we make change in society. Our Art of Change work supports Fellows in providing key insights, tools and analysis into the art and science of creating enduring social change.
In partnership with the Centre for Progressive Policy and Coda Societies, we worked to translate the findings from the RSA’s Inclusive Growth Commission into an operational model for the region of Chicago. We helped design a cross-organizational coalition and an accelerator model for the region to pilot concrete strategies for delivering on the vision of inclusive growth. Funding for this project was provided by the Chicago Community Trust and the MacArthur Foundation. Coalition leadership was provided by LISC Chicago, World Business Chicago and CMAP.
In October 2020, Vanessa "Ve" Dewey FRSA collaborated with RSA US Board chair Ric Grefé FRSA to host Decolonizing Design After Covid-19. From that event grew the Decolonizing Design Coalition, a 12 - 18 month project to formulate a set of global principles for decolonizing the ethos of the design field and beyond.
Find out more about the coalition.
In partnership with the Energy Innovation Center, the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation and the Mayor’s Office, we hosted a gathering with 75 leaders from across the country to debate economic prosperity and the nature of work in the 21st century. We heard from leading experts and practitioners who were working to design for shared prosperity. Speakers included representatives from within leading foundations, big business, regional economic actors, local municipalities, and neighborhood stakeholders.
