Coretz Family Foundation
Strategic Leadership, Equity-Centered Philanthropy
Coretz Family Foundation
Indigo Innovation Group partnered with the Coretz Family Foundation to strengthen leadership and align philanthropic efforts with equity-driven practices. Through executive coaching and strategic guidance, this collaboration empowered the foundation to amplify its impact and advance its vision for equity and trust-based philanthropy.
About Coretz Family Foundation
The Coretz Family Foundation champions equity and justice through strategic philanthropy. With a focus on women-led giving circles and leadership development, the foundation drives initiatives that address systemic inequities and foster trust-based practices. Their mission is to create meaningful, community-driven change through collaborative and equity-centered grantmaking.
Tracey helped us not only build a strategy but also deeply integrate racial equity into everything we do—from how we lead to how we give. This was a turning point for our foundation.
- Amanda Morall
Challenge
The Coretz Family Foundation faced the challenge of unifying its leadership and strategic efforts under a shared vision for equity. To amplify their impact, they needed expert guidance to develop leadership capacity, align their philanthropic goals, and embed trust-based practices into their initiatives. Their goal was to transition from intent to action in centering equity across all efforts.
Aligning leadership with equity principles was crucial for impactful philanthropy.
Solution
Indigo Innovation Group partnered with the Coretz Family Foundation to deliver a holistic approach to executive coaching, strategic thought partnership, and strategy development. The collaboration focused on enhancing leadership skills for the Executive Director and key staff members, ensuring their work aligned with equity-driven goals. By embedding trust-based philanthropy practices, the foundation fostered a deeper sense of transparency and collaboration. Indigo also engaged with leadership and stakeholders in a series of discussions that built consensus and provided clarity on aligning the foundation’s mission with its philanthropic initiatives. These efforts strengthened the foundation’s ability to make meaningful, equity-centered investments.
Results
With Indigo’s guidance, the Coretz Family Foundation transformed its leadership and philanthropic strategy, centering equity and trust-based practices across all initiatives. The collaboration enhanced leadership capacity, creating a clear roadmap for sustainable, equity-driven philanthropy that reflects the foundation’s values.
Impact
Impact: This partnership strengthened the foundation’s ability to support women-led giving circles and amplify its impact through trust-based philanthropy. The tools and frameworks developed with Indigo’s guidance laid a foundation for lasting success, empowering the foundation to drive systemic change and equity-centered leadership in philanthropy.
- Amanda Morall
