Transparency, Accountability, and Progress for All
Every American deserves a fair chance to thrive in their community. Through our focus on outcomes, we exist to strengthen the American Promise— turning aspirations into strategic actions and tracking tangible progress that everyone can see and feel.
Partnering With Communities Nationwide
We help communities reclaim the American Promise by supporting place‑based, community‑led efforts that expand economic mobility and tackle inequality.
We help communities renew the American Promise by supporting place-based, community-led efforts that rely on
measurable outcomes to ensure that working Americans can thrive, not just survive.
We invest as true partners – listening, learning, and reinforcing the expertise already on the ground. By supporting shared practices and community visions, we shift power locally and ensure progress is visible, measurable, and trusted.
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We are building a movement with communities across the country who are committed to publicly tracking and working towards outcomes that renew the American Promise. By convening, funding, and collaborating with partners within the social sector, together we can ensure transparency, accountability and progress for all.
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Working Hand In Hand With Place-Based Partnerships
We partner closely with local leaders, investing in the infrastructure and capacity of community-driven initiatives to set specific, transparent, and measurable goals to improve outcomes for communities.
Our Guiding Principles
Our work is designed to drive an outcomes movement where work leads to dignity, stability, and opportunity for all. Everything we do is informed by the following principles.
A United States where families and individuals are able to thrive in their communities—ensured affordable housing, childcare, and excellent educational opportunities– is possible. Meeting the needs of all working Americans will require systemic solutions to which we are committed to.
Restoring the American Promise will require an outcomes movement: a public declaration of the outcomes that reflect the lived experience of working Americans and represent what it takes to truly thrive. Our commitment should propel a national shift in programming, funding and policies to align with a renewed vision for collective wellbeing.
Philanthropy is often a driving force for unlocking larger systemic solutions. If we can act with curiosity and conviction, philanthropy will be catalytic in moving towards a country that aligns resources, policies and systems around the outcomes that matter.
We will conduct grantmaking as partners to reinforce and advance ongoing work. We approach our partnerships with a learning mindset, acknowledging that those doing the work and proximal to it are the experts.
Our 7 Domains
FCP’s funding focuses on seven interconnected outcome domains that influence whether working Americans can thrive. We work with communities who are invested in defining clear goals within these domains and working collectively to remove barriers to thriving for working Americans
We partner with collaboratives working to improve community health at scale by addressing the high costs and limited access that undermine health outcomes.
We believe that for Americans to thrive, we have to treat mental health as a central concern, on par with housing and healthcare. That’s why mental wellbeing is a core domain for us.
We are committed to educational outcomes that improve educational attainment, childhood literacy, and ensure post-secondary access to economic opportunity and mobility in adulthood.
We invest in efforts that make childcare affordable and accessible, as it is one of the greatest pathways for families to gain financial stability, professional continuity, and remain rooted in the communities of their choice.
We are committed to increasing the number of working Americans earning an income that reflects the true cost of living in today’s economy. That means an ability to participate in community, pursue education or skill-building, and enjoy a reasonable quality of life beyond the bare necessities.
We invest in supporting collective strategies aimed at restoring financial resilience and long-term economic security for working Americans.
Meet the Team
Andrew Wolk, Founder
Andrew Wolk, FCP’s founder and lead donor, is a pioneering social entrepreneur who, for more than twenty years, has been exploring how to ensure resources result in outcomes.
Andrew Wolk began his career as a serial social entrepreneur more than 20 years ago, driven by a commitment to ensuring resources are used effectively to help individuals and families achieve lifelong success. He went on to found three independent nonprofits – Root Cause, Social Innovation Forum, and Interise – each designed to strengthen communities and expand opportunity.
Over the years, Andrew has led consulting projects with foundations, nonprofits, school districts, corporations, and government agencies across the country, with a focus on supporting sustainable initiatives and advising institutions on how to align resources for measurable impact. He also contributed to the creation of the Office of Social Innovation during the Obama Administration, embedding social impact into federal policies at the highest level.
Recognized as a pioneer in social entrepreneurship education, Andrew designed and taught one of the first courses on the subject at Boston University and has lectured at MIT, the Harvard Kennedy School, Boston College, and Brandeis University. His work has been featured in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, and WBUR.
Andrew holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management from Boston University and a BA from Lehigh University. Based in Steamboat, Colorado, he continues to champion community‑driven change while serving as FCP’s founder and lead donor. He enjoys music, skiing, outdoor adventure, travel, and spending time with his family and friends.
Shannon Murtagh, Executive Director
Shannon Murtagh, FCP’s Executive Director, is a leader in education equity and community‑driven change, with a decade of policy experience and a passion for place‑based initiatives.
Shannon Murtagh began her work in public education teaching in Washington state, where she also got her start in advocacy as a political organizer. For nearly a decade, she led research and policy initiatives at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, focusing on the intersection of parent empowerment, school choice, school autonomy, and educational equity. Then, as an independent consultant, Shannon played a key role in enhancing the strategic vision and direction of various organizations, with a continued emphasis on working with K-12 school districts.
She began her journey with FCP in 2023, initially conducting research on place-based initiatives and community dashboards. In 2025, she took on the role of executive director, leading the charge to advance FCP’s vision of making philanthropic investments in outcomes focused communities that are achieving tangible results.
Shannon holds an MPA from the University of Washington and a BS from Yale University. Based in Lexington, Massachusetts she’s the parent of three public school students, volunteers constantly (from sitting on boards to coaching sports), is an avid baker, and bikes everywhere.
Hephzibah Okorie, Program Officer and Project Manager
Hephzibah Okorie is a program officer and project manager at FCP, passionate about advancing social impact through research, strategy, and community collaboration.
Hephzibah Okorie is a program officer and project manager at FCP, where she leads the strategic vision around FCP’s granting strategy and partners with grantees on executing their goals.
Prior to joining FCP, she worked as an associate at Root Cause where she developed strategy, supported community engagement and designed evaluation and assessment processes for clients in the non-profit sector. She also worked as a business analyst at McKinsey and Company, where she focused on public and social sector strategy in higher education and health care organizations as well as supporting broad social impact research.
She graduated from Earlham College in Indiana in, with a major in psychology and a minor in business management. Beyond her major, she supported public health research efforts and led the Black Student Union as well as the Center for Social Justice.
Hephzibah lives in Brookline, Massachusetts where she enjoys hanging out with her cat, Squiggy, taking art classes and occasionally trying her hand at fiction writing.
Marvin Vilma, Chief Development Officer
Marvin Vilma is an educator and social impact leader advancing innovation in education. He serves as FCP’s Chief Development Officer and CEO of Bevy Studio.
Marvin Vilma (he/him) is an educator and social impact professional whose personal mission is to advance innovation and impact in the nonprofit space. He currently serves as FCP’s chief development officer and CEO of Bevy Studio.
Prior to this, Marvin worked in teaching, fundraising and executive roles at Let’s Get Ready, MIT Sloan School of Management, Babson College, and Noble and Greenough School. He was also on the founding team of the philanthropic fund Next Level Social Impact. Marvin was born and raised in Queens, N.Y., and attended Colgate University, where he studied sociology and French. He completed a Certificate in Community Leadership and Social Change with the Institute for Nonprofit Practice and completed his M.S.Ed. in Entrepreneurship Education at the Penn Graduate School of Education.
He is currently completing his MBA at the Boston University Questrom School of Business. Marvin enjoys traveling, Netflix binging, improving his culinary skills, and spending time with friends.
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