ABOUT
“The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
Steve Jobs
Our Mission & Vision
Mission
Vision
Our Work
Our path to fulfilling this vision is to help social impact leaders think big, change mindsets, challenge assumptions and bring out their best. We help changemakers through cohort-based design labs, high-touch venture partnerships, strategy consulting, philanthropic program design and implementation, and nonprofit mergers & acquisitions support.
Our Name
Meet Our CEO & Founder
Russ
Altenburg
In building new organizations, he’s lived the daily balance of the macro and micro and benefitted from the indispensable value of community, mentorship, and sponsorship. And having worked on both sides of the table with respect to program support/grantmaking and organization building/grant seeking, he’s keenly aware of how hard it is to innovate, and the extraordinary career and life risks that social entrepreneurs take.
Reframe was launched in 2015 and exists to bring these lessons together to help social impact leaders think big, change mindsets, challenge assumptions and bring out their best. Some of the things we get excited about include innovative learning experiences, school design, education technology, incubators/accelerators, school+employer partnerships, parent power, and culture shift organizing.
Core Values
Teamwork
We believe that innovation is a team sport. We share knowledge and seek out diverse perspectives. We follow through and earn trust. We stay humble and are good to each other.
Initiative
We don’t wait for instructions: we get it done. When we see a problem, we roll up our sleeves and fix it. We look for ways to reduce complexity. We move fast and sweat the details.
Audacity
We believe in boldness and trying things no one else has tried before. We’re brave. We push for the audacious, not the incremental. We possess a sense of adventure and are resilient in the face of challenges.
Equity
We believe that by being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, we will deliver better results. We seek to understand the role of race, culture, socio-economics, and privilege in our work. We actively reflect on our own and others’ experiences, perspectives, and identities.
Creativity
We think big. We draw inspiration from unexpected places and apply insights from disparate fields. We thrive on change. We take smart risks and are open to possible failure.
Learning
We’re curious and learn rapidly and eagerly. We make contact with the real world as fast as possible. We proactively ask hard questions, face data with honesty, and say the difficult things so we can learn and make things better.
Guided by our
Core Values
We seek in all we do to advance human rights and dignity, support social and economic justice for historically marginalized communities, and protect our planet. We stand in solidarity as People of the Global Majority with and for our diverse communities to dismantle white supremacist systems as well as uplift generational wisdom and community traditions.
The Board of Directors
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Talent Squad
We employ a team of talented individuals with a multitude of strengths and experiences to help our community of changemakers. We are always accepting and reviewing resumes as opportunities become available. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume, along with three references. Education background with some consulting experience preferred.
