Lessons Learned
Since its founding in 2006 by Bill and Karen Ackman, The Pershing Square Foundation has supported individuals and organizations who dare to re-imagine the possible, who reframe problems as solutions, and who see the world—its challenges and promise—in unconventional ways: an abandoned rail line as verdant public space, poor women in Liberia as community health workers, undocumented young people as the engines of our future prosperity, courtroom data as a force for criminal justice reform. Over ten years, and $400 million in grants and social investments to organizations around the world tackling challenges in health, education, social justice, and economic inclusion and development, we have learned that:
