Reimagining What It Means to Thrive

The Decency Foundation is empowering people, businesses, and communities to lead with Decency – Radically applied.

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Our Mission

A 501(c )(3) public charity, the Decency Foundation’s mission is to transcend the ingrained me-first, compete to win values that have failed us by developing the transformative promise of Radical Decency.

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We humans thrive, not by dominating others and “winning,” but in connection with each other.

Acceptance and appreciation for the many challenges we all face in life

Respect, understand, and empathy for others – and for ourselves as well

Understanding, empathy, acceptance and appreciation for the many challenges we all face in life

Fairness and justice in all that we do

And replacing “compete to win” with:

Curiosity and receptivity;

Wisdom and mastery.

A “Radical” Response

Why?

Instead of a temporary interruption of our lives, the existential crisis of our time IS our business as usual ways. Thus, the compelling need for Decency – Radically applied.

A pandemic of “dis-ease” – psychotropic drug use up from 6% to 25%; 72% with chronic money concerns; 52% addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, or work

A planet and species at unreasonable environmental risk

A world littered with ever-increasing indecencies and injustices

What We Do, How and Why

An Extended Discussion

Throughout history, our biggest challenges have been wars and natural disasters. We dealt with them and – crisis over – returned to business as usual.

But – in our technologically transformed world – this approach no longer works. Why? Because the wealth it's generated has been used, not for humankind's welfare, but to further its creators' wealth and ambition. And its accelerating damage has, in the last 40 years, become untenable.

Thus,