Open Horizon offices are closed for the week of Juneteenth, June 17-21, to honor the legacy of the struggle for Black liberation. Our team will rest, connect with ourselves and families, and reflect on our commitments that inspire our collaborations with our work with our partners.

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Expanding opportunities

Open Horizon collaborates with nonprofit partners to co-create opportunities to advance racial and social justice through organizational support in the areas of Economic Justice, Education Justice, and Health Justice.

Learn about our mission

We’re hiring a Director of Program Innovation to play a key role in developing, evolving, and sustaining our programs. Applications are due October 14 at 5pm ET. If you’re interested, please apply through this job posting.

We’re hiring a Director of Program Innovation to play a key role in developing, evolving, and sustaining our programs.
Applications are due October 14 at 5pm ET. If you’re interested, please apply through this job posting.

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Established in 2019, Open Horizon is a family foundation based in Alexandria, VA, serving the Greater Washington DC area, the US South, and beyond. Committed to advancing racial and social justice, we dedicate ourselves to catalyzing positive change through funding, building capacity, convening, and amplifying voices.

Open Horizon News and Features

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Open Horizon Featured in New GEO Publication

We’re excited to share that Open Horizon has been featured in a groundbreaking new publication from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) titled Toward Meaningful, Valuable, Equitable Governance.

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Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

It shouldn’t surprise you that Black families have significantly less wealth than white families in the United States.

The word Juneteenth in gold script with green, black, and red hearts above it. There are red, gold, and green adornments in the top right and bottom left corners. A tagline says 'A pause, a promise, a practice of liberation.'

Juneteenth on the Horizon: The Value of Observing This Holiday

As a start-up, Open Horizon has been leaning into creating an organizational culture that reflects our values.

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Innovating for Equity: Investing in Emerging Leaders of Color

At Open Horizon, we believe that experiential learning is a powerful driver of both personal growth and social change.

Our ED, D'Lynn, and our co-founder, Lisa, standing together and mugging for the camera.

An Interim ED on the Horizon

At Open Horizon, we believe that experiential learning is a powerful driver of both personal growth and social change.

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Centering our ED sabbatical: Open Horizon centers abundant practices for rest

Beginning May 15, Open Horizon Executive Director D’Lynn Jacobs will be out on sabbatical for three months.

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Accountability to Change Systems the OH Way

At Open Horizon, accountability isn’t a task we check off, it’s something we live and practice every day.

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Internal Stargazers: Mirroring Love and Abundance

We recently posted about our process of selecting participants for our pilot sabbatical program, a program that highlights the importance of centering Black women leading social justice organizations that are changing and saving lives.

Our Co-founders

Hershel Kleinberg is the president of Kleinberg Holdings. With prior careers in law and software engineering, he brings expertise in information technology, law, and design to his work.

Lisa Cohen is a coach, consultant, and facilitator with over 25 years of experience in international education and intercultural exchange. She has led the global training area for AFS Intercultural Programs based in New York and later US Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington, DC. Currently Lisa is a board member of Cultural Vistas and the co-host of a monthly conversation on race and belonging.

Our Co-founders

Hershel Kleinberg is the co-owner and executive vice president of Senior Market Sales, an insurance marketing organization based in Omaha, Nebraska. With prior careers in law and software engineering, he brings expertise in information technology, law, and design to his work.

Lisa Cohen is a coach, consultant, and facilitator with over 25 years of experience in international education and intercultural exchange. She has led the global training area for each AFS Intercultural Programs based in New York and later US Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington, DC. Currently Lisa is a board member of Cultural Vistas and the co-host of a monthly conversation on race and belonging.

Open Horizon News and Features

Main Photo taken by Sae G. | Critical Exposure, one of our grantees
Process shot: Community-building circle at a youth leadership meeting for the 2018 Youth Mayoral Forum.

Expanding opportunities

Open Horizon News and Features

Open Horizon Featured in New GEO Publication

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Juneteenth on the Horizon: The Value of Observing This Holiday

Innovating for Equity: Investing in Emerging Leaders of Color

An Interim ED on the Horizon

Centering our ED sabbatical: Open Horizon centers abundant practices for rest

Accountability to Change Systems the OH Way

Internal Stargazers: Mirroring Love and Abundance

Our Co-founders

Our Co-founders

Open Horizon News and Features

Open Horizon Featured in New GEO Publication

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Juneteenth on the Horizon: The Value of Observing This Holiday

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