New Pluralists is focused on culture change — on shifting the norms, values, skills, and behaviors that shape the way we see each other and ourselves.

Guiding Principles
We are committed to the unfinished work of realizing our nation’s founding ideals — liberty, equality, and justice — by embodying five principles of practice for new pluralism.
New Pluralists will invest in strengthening the growing field that is addressing our nation’s crisis of division, distrust, dehumanization, and disconnection.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
We recognize the urgency, and we’re humbled by the headwinds we face. We’re mindful of the decades-long commitment that’s needed for change at scale, and we know that progress will require patience and resolve.
We know that we are one actor among many, and we intend to support and learn from other field-building efforts focused on related goals. As a funder collaborative, we believe we can make distinctive contributions by investing in deeper relationships, collaboration, innovation, research, and learning across the field.
We will make investments to explore the questions that leaders in the field believe can help unlock progress. We’ll help develop “public goods” and resources for people who want to understand and apply the research that underpins new pluralism, and the practices that are working on the ground.
We will also build connective tissue and infrastructure across the field. We expect our strategy to incorporate three main elements, and in the coming months, we will share more about specific grantmaking initiatives.
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Narratives that humanize, illuminate, and inspire
The stories and information people take in have a big impact on our norms, values, and sense of what’s possible. We will support narrative efforts that aim to move our hearts and minds, prime us to be curious and open, shine a light on what it looks like to show up with empathy and embrace our differences, and help us imagine a better future where we all belong.
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Positive experiences connecting across difference in everyday settings
In addition to narratives, we need firsthand encounters in which we’re able to connect meaningfully across our differences. We seek to bring practices, principles, and tools for strengthening pluralism into the places where people already gather — faith communities, civic associations, educational settings, workplaces — turning these places into thriving practice fields for new pluralism and pathways for reaching larger audiences.
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Supporting field-led collaboration and experimentation
There is no single method or tool for bringing new pluralism to life, and there are as many hard questions as there are promising solutions. Using a dedicated pool of resources, we will support experiments, research efforts, and other projects that emerge from our Field Builder community and that involve partners beyond the community as well. Read more about how we invest in pluralism.