What’s in Store for the Future?

Across the country, people aren’t waiting for a just future. They’re already building and living it. Meet some of the people, ideas, experiments, and solutions giving us hope.

For Surdna’s 2025–2026 Living in the Future Impact Report, we partnered with Next City, whose journalists covered the work of eight of our many extraordinary grantee partners and investees. Chosen from hundreds of impactful efforts this year, these stories show that despite the recent backlash against racial progress, our partners are not waiting for a just and sustainable future; they’re building it now.

Read the Full Report.