Foundation House hosted a series of conversations exploring how wisdom, ancestry, and community can reshape our relationship with capital, climate, and each other. Participants reflected on money as energy, capital as a flow, and the need to move from extraction and scarcity toward stewardship, reciprocity, and long term care. Together, these dialogues traced a through-line from personal healing to systemic transformation, inviting a different story about value, growth, and r

On April 3, The REAL Mental Health Foundation brought together a community united by a shared belief: mental health is foundational to a meaningful life, and community is one of the most powerful tools we have to protect it. The session explored how personal stories, catalytic capital, and intentional community design can transform the landscape of men's mental health and, by extension, families and wider society.

On March 13, over 40 food practitioners from across the Northeast gathered at Foundation House to explore how regional collaboration can strengthen our food systems.

Ultimately, catalytic capital is defined less by who deploys it and more by how it is used: capital that is flexible, patient, and willing to take on greater risk or accept lower returns in order to unlock impact and mobilize additional investment. In this sense, it represents not just a type of capital, but a strategic approach that can be adopted across the entire financial ecosystem.

Across Fairfield County, food insecurity is rising just as key federal supports are being scaled back. The event on February 5th brought together local practitioners, advocates, and community members to examine what this means on the ground and how the new Fairfield County Food Security Fund can respond.

On December 11, Foundation House brought together a cross-section of practitioners, investors, policymakers, and community leaders to reflect on the latest UN climate conference and what it means for real-world action.

On October 24, Foundation House explored the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence and its implications for social impact.

The fourth annual Climate & Conflict, co-hosted by The Peace Department, convened a diverse group of grassroots community leaders, policy experts, cultural strategists, funders and investors, and the public at large at a pivotal moment—as federal climate policy rollbacks threaten progress on environmental justice and the green transition.

This gathering, led by Greenwich United Way, brought together local organizations, parents, and advocates to unveil Greenwich Connects, a program developed in partnership with Liberation Programs and YMCA to address these urgent challenges and launch new pathways for support.

The East Coast Gathering: Implementing the Next Trillion co-hosted by Gratitude Railroad brought together impact investors, funders, and entrepreneurs to accelerate capital flows into ventures addressing climate change, food systems, affordable housing, and social well-being. With over $30 million already invested, the gathering focused on scaling solutions toward the next trillion dollars in impact investments.

The Northeast Woodlands Bioregioning Collective (the Collective) and Foundation House brought together community leaders to explore strategies and financing for regenerating the Northeastern Woodlands biocultural region.

Rooted in the belief that we must go beyond traditional approaches to regenerate the ecological, social, and economic foundations of our world, Regenerative Systems to Solutions explored how finance, agriculture, and policy can be reimagined to support thriving communities and ecosystems.