Andrew Wolk

Andrew Wolk is the founder of Finding Common Purpose (FCP), a nonpartisan grant making foundation that funds and partners with communities committed to sharing measurable outcomes and aligning local efforts to renew the American Promise. He started Finding Common Purpose after recognizing that social entrepreneurs like him can—and should—play a greater role in delivering tangible progress on the issues that matter most to working Americans, including wages, housing, education, and childcare. .

Wolk is also a leading voice in the Outcomes Movement, a national call to shift the philanthropy sector’s focus from good intentions to clear, measurable results for working Americans. He is the author of Common Purpose, which makes the case for a national Outcomes Movement.

Wolk has more than 20 years of executive-level nonprofit and social entrepreneurship experience. Prior to founding Finding Common Purpose, he founded three other nonprofit organizations—Root Cause, the Social Innovation Forum, and Interise—each designed to strengthen communities and expand opportunity. He has served as a consultant to foundations, nonprofits, school districts, corporations, and government agencies nationwide, and has taught social entrepreneurship at MIT, Harvard, Boston University, and Boston College.