The Well

Our signature gathering connects social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and cross-sector leaders to engage and collectively design a better future.

The Well 2022 Panel

Where Proximity Catalyzes Progress

The Well isn’t a room of speakers and an audience. It’s social entrepreneurs, donors, and ecosystem builders coming together as peers. Here, every member of our diverse, multiracial, intergenerational community is not just seen, but celebrated as a vital contributor.

The agenda is shaped by a group of codesigners who bring their unique experience and expertise as innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs to the table, so The Well reflects the real questions and tensions the social innovation and philanthropic communities are grappling with right now.

We believe proximity is the engine of real change: proximity to each other and proximity to the problems we’re working to solve. By harnessing the power of our varied backgrounds and perspectives, we transform challenges into gateways, and problems into opportunities for growth and progress. Together, we redefine what’s possible.

That’s what makes The Well different: you leave with more than inspiration. You leave with relationships, ideas, and momentum you carry back into your own work.

Explore Key Moments From The Well 2024

The Well 2024 Highlights
Michael D. Smith at The Well
Building Our Shared Future: The Power of Service as a Foundation for Change: Featuring Michael D. Smith, Sarah Flammang, Alise Marshall, and Savannah Slayton

The Well 2024: Open M.I.C.™ Night ft. Shawn Dove, Ryan Blackwell, MESHELLE, Anu Gupta, Alexa Cuellar, Jerelyn Rodriguez, and Jacob Merkle
Unified, Not Uniform: A New Narrative to Drive an American Evolution (Part 1): Featuring Governor Wes Moore, Former Governor Deval Patrick, and Tulaine Montgomery
Unified, Not Uniform: A New Narrative to Drive an American Evolution (Part 2): Featuring Danielle Allen, Eric Liu, Jerren Chang, Marc Freedman, Savannah Barrett, Soren Duggan, Tulaine Montgomery, and Vanessa Renae
Global Insights, Local Impact: Leveraging Collaboration to Scale Solutions: Featuring Tulaine Montgomery, Sanjay Purohit, Victoria Nkong, and Enrica Duncan
The Power of Proximity; Step Up To The M.I.C.™ Commitments: Featuring Dr. Shawn Ginwright, Tulaine Montgomery, and Shawn Dove

Get Closer to The Well

The Well 2024: Big Ideas (Breakout session recap)

November 20, 2024

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Michael D. Smith at The Well
The Well 2024: Step Up to The M.I.C

November 20, 2024

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The Well: Emerging Leader De`Vonte Parker

November 22, 2022 | De'Vonte Parker, Emerging Leader

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