Blueprint for Social Change: Shaping an Impact-Based Strategy - Case Study 2002 – 2020

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Chapter II: Change Strategy - From Theory to Practice Vision and Values The Ruderman Family Foundationworks to create a fair, prosperous society by including people with disabilities and accepting all people in Israel, the United States and worldwide. The Foundation strives to create a sustainable society based on the values of justice and mutual responsibility, a society with moral norms and defined rules that are not dependent solely on the goodness of people’s hearts or their character, but are enshrined as obligatory, essential characteristics of justice in a well-ordered society. The Foundation is guided by Jewish values as well as universal values such as equality, social justice, excellence, inclusion, mutual responsibility, innovation, professionalism and integrity. Engaged Strategic Philanthropy We are interested in maximizing the social return on our investment. Our activity is not only measured in money, but also in symbolic capital, knowledge and professionalism, integration abilities and expediting and initiation of complex systemic processes. Leadership We demonstrate responsibility, and we lead and set in motion sustainable social processes, not by supporting or pushing from behind but as a leading player (engine) that maps out the route to valuable processes of change. Effective leadership, adoption of a clear position and full public transparency are vital to success in the social and philanthropic arena. Activism We strive to create a stronger, fairer and more accepting society, based on the values of social justice, equality and human rights. Our aim is to eliminate and shatter obstacles that harm excluded populations, including people with disabilities. To generate sustainable, systemic change, the Foundation must be proactive, operate openly and focus constantly on achieving its social objectives. Working Assumptions