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Welcome to The Raines Foundation

Creating a wiser,
more compassionately
connected world

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and help imagine a better future.

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Each department is a place to connect,
learn and explore something meaningful.

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01 / Department

Love of wisdom

Philosophy

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02 / Department

Love of humanity

Philanthropy

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03 / Department

Love of creating tools

Technology

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04 / Department

Love of learning

Exploration

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Across the foundation

Stories that move us forward.

The latest ideas, discoveries and stories from our departments.

NOAA-based bathymetric map of the Romanche Trench crossing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, with red arrows indicating relative plate motion; not 2026 expedition data.

Exploration

Across an Atlantic fracture zone, scientists are asking what earlier sampling missed

An ongoing September–October expedition is exploring the Romanche Fracture Zone between Brazil and West Africa. Its central question is a reminder that a sparsely studied place is not necessarily a sparsely inhabited one.

A government employee reviews documents at a desk in April 2013; archival context, not a Deep Review product demonstration.

Technology

Google’s Deep Review opens document checking to more people—with a human still in charge

The tool’s October 14 public launch extends an earlier research-paper assistant. Author feedback suggests practical value, but error-prone judgments, privacy terms and the limits of the evidence deserve equal attention.

Lake Sevan in Armenia in January 2026; a winter landscape, not a summit or restoration-project photograph.

Philanthropy / Healthy Environment

After the Yerevan declaration, nature commitments need a route into local work

Leaders endorsed a new biodiversity declaration on October 16, adding a concrete development to the pre-COP17 debate. Its commitments concern finance, participation and accountability—not proof that ecological recovery has already occurred.

Nigerian physicians receiving personal protective equipment training in August 2014; not the Kenyan health workers affected in 2026.

Philanthropy / Health and Wellness

Kenya’s new Ebola cases put health-worker protection at the center of the response

Reports of seven confirmed cases as of October 17 include three health workers. Careful contact monitoring, infection prevention and support for affected people matter more than alarm or stigma.

Government High School in Peshawar in August 2009; this is not the private school involved in the 2026 roof collapse.

Philanthropy / Education Access

After Peshawar’s school collapse, safe buildings are part of education access

A fatal roof collapse on October 15 has prompted UNICEF to call for enforced school-safety standards. Support must include affected children’s well-being as well as the practical conditions that make a return to learning safe.

Food aid stacked on trucks for distribution around Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January 2010; not a shipment from the 2026 awards.

Philanthropy / Food and Nutrition

New food-aid awards offer support—but the work ends at the household, not the announcement

WFP announced US$147.6 million in emergency food and nutrition awards for Congo, Ethiopia and Haiti on October 16, alongside a separate school-meals award. Planned assistance must still reach people facing insecurity and disrupted services.

Our purpose

A wiser world.
A more compassionate humanity.
A more peaceful future.

We believe a better future begins with the connections we create — with ourselves, with one another and with the world around us.

We bring people together through education, philanthropy, exploration and practical tools to build a wiser, more compassionate and peaceful world.

Meet the foundation

More ways to explore

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01 / Read

News & stories

Updates and perspectives from across the foundation.

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02 / Listen

Original podcasts

Conversations that make space for new ways of thinking.

Coming soon

03 / Learn

Courses

Learning experiences to deepen curiosity and understanding.

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One mission. Two funds.

Fund the projects.
Power the people behind them.

Project Fund

100% for partner projects.

Our model directs 100% of public Project Fund gifts to approved partner project delivery in five areas of human well-being. Foundation salaries and operating costs are funded separately.

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Operations Fund

Make the mission possible.

Help fund our team, technology, partner review, reporting and fundraising. Founding Partners provide the operating support that makes the 100% model possible.

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Our purpose in action

Ideas become initiatives.

A family of initiatives. A shared commitment to learning, compassion and peaceful connection.

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Philanthropy

The Human Family

A philanthropic social network connecting people around the essentials of human well-being and support for charitable partner projects.

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Exploration · Philosophy

Peacewalking

A social platform vision connecting people globally through walking for peace, reflection and shared discovery.

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Technology

Vision Building

Entrepreneurship education, mentorship, community and practical digital skills for people working to build sustainable livelihoods and strengthen local communities.

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Technology · Philanthropy

Charity Spaces

Practical digital tools, learning and website support that help charities communicate their missions and serve their communities.

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Philosophy

Contemplation Center

A platform for philosophical discussion through meditation, mindfulness, prayer and respectful inquiry.

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Exploration · Philanthropy

Humanitarian Explorer

A magazine and podcast exploring humanitarian issues and the individuals working altruistically to improve human wellbeing.

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How our initiatives fit together

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