In a world obsessed with scale, the urgency of change at the neighborhood level is all but ignored. Foodbanks, after-school programs, mutual aid groups are lifelines to millions, yet they're persistently starved of resources, energy, and fresh thinking.
We reject the notion that significance only flows from size. We fund young people who are willing to notice what's broken right in front of them and fight to fix it, whether or not it ever becomes "big." Hyper-local innovation can change lives just as much as global platforms.