Launched by Steve Case in April 2005, Revolution drives transformative change by shifting power to consumers and builds significant, category-defining companies in the process.
The Case Foundation was founded in 1997 by Steve and Jean Case to reflect their family's heartfelt commitment to addressing complex social challenges. Today, the foundation is pursuing a number of initiatives, but is particularly focused on three strategies: encouraging collaboration, supporting successful leaders and fostering entrepreneurship in the non-profit sector.
Steve and Jean have become keenly aware that the market forces that help outstanding business entrepreneurs succeed are absent in the non-profit sector. Many of the social entrepreneurs the Cases have worked with are frustrated with inefficiencies in the non-profit sector, in which many organizations with a shared mission too often compete counter-productively for grant money, and too rarely seek opportunities to work together to move their common agenda forward.
Collaboration
With that in mind, The Case Foundation invests its time and money in organizations and initiatives that are committed to collaboration. In 1999, Steve and Jean spearheaded PowerUP, a partnership between several leading IT companies, youth serving organizations and foundations to create a network of nearly 1,000 community technology centers for underserved youth across the country.
