We Are Former Classmates Working to Help Alleviate Poverty

In September 1978, 306 men and women began a rigorous course of study at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Over the next two years, we forged life-long personal and professional relationships, while earning masters degrees in business administration.

At our 25th reunion, we saw a chance to make a difference in the world by using our collective experience and financial resources to help the desperately poor. Less than two years later, in 2007, our partnership funded five projects across the globe.

To date, Project Redwood has completed eleven annual funding cycles to help non-profit organizations worldwide work to improve the lives and prospects of the at-risk and disenfranchised.

Beginning in 2016, Project Redwood welcomed alumni from all Stanford Graduate School of Business classes. Many classes are now represented in our partnership, and the numbers are continuing to grow.

…and engaged our classmates

Because of the generosity of our classmates, we have raised over $2.5 million since 2005. More than half of us have contributed! And, many of our classmates, significant others, and friends have donated their time and talents.

We fund projects that focus on tangible impacts.

Project Redwood is a non-profit partnership that provides funding, expertise, and connections to social entrepreneurs who address the challenge of global poverty. We support a select group of projects based on:

• Magnitude of expected social impact
• Entrepreneurial characteristics; specifically the ability to leverage local capacity to create and build human and financial capital
• Feasibility of proposal, and sustainability of benefits
• Potential to translate successes to other locations, related endeavors, and other organizations
• Significance of Project Redwood’s funding and non-financial resources
• Compatibility with Project Redwood’s mission, portfolio, and available class resources