The Segal Foundation
The quiet infrastructure of dignity.
The Segal Foundation works where the gap between possibility and provision is widest. We partner with communities, not around them — funding durable, locally-led programs across five interlocking needs. We measure ourselves not by what we spend, but by what endures after we step back.
Five programs
- Program — Clean Water
Clean Water
Access is the headline; maintenance is the work.
1.9M people reached with safe water
- Program — Shelter
Shelter
A roof is the precondition of a future.
31,000 durable homes supported
- Program — Food Security
Food Security
End the season of hunger, not merely the day of it.
640,000 smallholder farmers supported
- Program — Education
Education
The only gift that compounds across generations.
410,000 students reached
- Program — Healthcare
Healthcare
Proximity is the intervention.
2.3M primary-care visits enabled
How we work
Three principles.
Local first.
Programs are designed, led, and ultimately owned by the communities they serve.
Durability over headlines.
We fund what lasts — wells maintained, teachers trained, clinics staffed.
Radical transparency.
Every program publishes its outcomes, including the ones that fall short.
Impact, in brief
Impact & accountability- 5.4M
- lives reached
- 23
- regions
- 140+
- partner organizations
- 91%
- of funds to programs
Across all five programs, 2019–2025.
Independently audited; the remainder covers evaluation and operations.