Grantmakers for Southern Progress, founded in 2010, is a network of Southern-based and National funders who are committed to fostering thriving communities in the Southern United States, by advancing structural change that result in equitable outcomes. Grantmakers for Southern Progress’s overall goal is to help achieve significant and sustained progress in the economic, social, and political outcomes of those who are least well off economically, politically, and socially in the South. We envision a region that is just and caring, where all people truly have the power to live healthy, prosperous and whole lives free of fear and marginalization. Grantmakers For Southern Progress believes as these transformative changes are achieved in the South, it will lay an indelible foundation for the achievement of lasting equity and justice in the country overall, for “As the South goes, so goes the Nation."