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In 2003, the Roundtable embarked on a new strategy designed to provide philanthropists with more in-depth service and greater opportunities for strategic collaboration. We launched Breakthrough Groups in the following areas:

• K-12 Education
• Conservation
• National Security
• Higher Education
• Economic Opportunity
  

Our Breakthrough Groups help philanthropists connect with like-minded peers in their field of interest to share ideas, leverage resources, and strategically collaborate to create significant change. Each group holds separate regional meetings and offers customized resources, including publications and seminars.

“The Roundtable works at the cutting edge of philanthropy, engaging many of the country's leading foundations to think through and work together in innovative ways to improve the lives of Americans and others throughout the world. If it didn't exist, someone would have to invent it!”
—Robert Litan, vice president for research and policy, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The Roundtable is open to starting additional breakthrough groups. We use four criteria for determining whether to start one.

• Is this a field where philanthropists have the potential to achieve dramatic breakthroughs?
• Is this a field where The Philanthropy Roundtable can offer a distinctive perspective not already offered by other philanthropic service organizations?
• Is there sufficient interest among Roundtable members, or prospective members, to start such a group?
• Do we have a reasonable expectation that the breakthrough group would secure funding on a self-sustaining basis within three years?