Community and Sustainability

Land Acknowledgement

Farther Foundation acknowledges that the land in the Chicago area where we live, work, play, and claim ownership was and remains the home of many Indigenous Nations, most notably, the Potawatomi, Miami, and Ojibwe.

Carbon Compensation

We firmly believe that participation in educational travel is singular in its ability to open the eyes and unbind the aspirations of students whose experiences rarely escape the boundaries of their own neighborhoods. However, we recognize that travel also negatively impacts the environment through the burning of carbon-based fuels.

Farther Foundation has begun taking steps to compensate for our carbon footprint. Rather than purchasing traditional carbon offsets (for projects such as tree planting), we have chosen to make an impact closer to home and in line with our educational mission. We have calculated the cost of our carbon footprint caused by the air travel we support and have made a grant in that amount to the Academy for Global Citizenship.

The Academy for Global Citizenship (AGC) is a Chicago Public Charter School. Students there are educated to be environmentally and internationally minded by learning how their choices impact their community and ultimately the world. The school campus itself is constructed to be net-positive energy building that serves as a learning environment and a model for future school construction and practices.

The annual Farther Foundation Carbon Compensation grant awarded to AGC supports its education programs and capital projects in the realm of environmental sustainability.

Sustainable investments

Farther Foundation maintains a reserve fund to help support our programs and operations. We have shifted a portion of these investments into funds that seek investments in companies that advance environmental sustainability or apply practices and philosophies that lessen their negative impact relative to other companies in their industry.