Below you’ll find newsletters, feature stories, perspectives and announcements. Check back regularly for the latest information about Roots & Wings and the remarkable organizations we are supporting, or stay connected with us by joining our mailing list.
Led by her youngest daughter Shana Dall’Osto, the Epic founder and CEO’s family foundation Roots & Wings will soon be granting around $100 million to hundreds of nonprofits each year.
In this issue, we welcome two new Roots & Wings team members and profile the Tenant Resource Center, a Madison nonprofit helping to build thriving communities by advocating for housing justice.
In this issue: giving thanks for all our hard working partners—including 23 new ones—a spotlight on community healthcare, staff profiles, and more.
Pediatrics Supporting Parents has grown into an extensive effort to elevate the routine doctor visit into an opportunity to support parents in any number of ways, thereby strengthening the critical bond between parent and child that has such a profound impact on early development.
In this Madison Magazine feature story, writer Maggie Ginsberg provides an inside look at the origins of Roots & Wings’ trust-based approach to philanthropy and how it is making a difference in the work of several Dane County nonprofits (April 2023).
Growth and learning in our first 1000 days. Prenatal care designed by, for, and with Black people. Program updates, staff profiles, and more!
Embracing the view of experts that gun violence is a public-health crisis, advocates say they now study the root causes and potential remedies of gun suicides, unintentional shootings of children, and weapons-related domestic violence.
In our second issue, you’ll find news about early childhood development, infant mental health, staff updates, and more.
In 2019, four years after signing the Giving Pledge, Judy and Gordon Faulkner established the Roots & Wings Foundation with a focus on supporting low-income children and families through four priority areas—early childhood education, access to healthcare, basic needs and human rights.
In this first issue you will find insights about the foundation, our grantee partners, and the issues we are advancing together.
