FORA’s core work focuses on pursuing strategic initiatives in a deeply collaborative way, where members learn, act, and invest together. FORA also provides pathways for introductory learning and connections for funders and investors newly interested in this space, including recruiting them to join FORA.

FORA’s members are a diverse set of funders that work across various forms of capital in order to learn, act, and invest together. FORA is an Allied Initiative of the Global Alliance for the Future Food, along with sister Allied Initiative, Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS). Members of FORA are land stewards, researchers, storytellers, strategists, holistic managers, community leaders, organizers, and advocates.