Our Journey Forward

Each year offers new opportunities for strategic scopes of work that we believe will thoughtfully address the world’s growing economic complexities. We are excited that 2024 will mark the launch of:

collaboration with Brookings Institution to examine U.S. entrepreneurship and its effects on economic development in communities nationwide
partnership with the University of Oxford to explore UK employers’ need for a skilled green workforce, including opportunities and challenges
Ares Foundation learning communities for knowledge building and exchange among grantees globally to help build their organizational capacity to more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of the communities they serve

"Returns go beyond financial measures. Returns also are how do you make a difference and improve the lives of the people in the communities where you do business."

Michelle Armstrong, Managing Director, Ares and President of Ares Foundation sat down with award-winning journalist Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the Firm’s philosophy on philanthropy