Description: We support the development and advancement of paradigm-shifting ideas to solve the world's most wicked problems.
Pritzker Innovation Fund: Supporting the development and advancement of paradigm-shifting ideas to solve the world's most wicked problems.
Today's Problems are Wicked
Wicked problems are challenges so complex they defy easy understanding. There is wide disagreement about the exact nature of the problems, let alone the solutions to them. Unspoken beliefs cause confusion and conflict, and the best-laid plans have unintended consequences. Many of the big issues philanthropy aims to address today – from climate change to poverty to the future of liberal democracy – are classic wicked problems. Solving them will require a willingness to question our own assumptions and an ope