Ballmer Group (BG)

About Ballmer Group

Since 2015, Ballmer Group (BG) has supported efforts to improve economic mobility for children and families in the United States who are disproportionately likely to remain in poverty. Ultimately, we envision a country where every child, regardless of background and circumstance, has an equal chance to achieve the American Dream – the promise of moving up from one generationto the next through effort and talent. Our work must tackle the systemic racism and inequities that have made the American Dream historically inaccessible to many.

Our co-founders – philanthropist Connie Ballmer and her husband Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft, and chairman of the LA Clippers – are committed to impacting economic mobility and encourage innovative thinking to move the needle and drive systems and policy change. BG focuses on multiple intersectional issues such as early learning; K-12 education; youth development; college and career pathways; housing; health; and criminal justice. We are both a national and regional funder – we have a presence and invest deeply in Washington state, southeast Michigan, and Los Angeles County.

We acknowledge that systemic racism makes it harder for people of color to move up the economic ladder and we seek to address barriers to racial equity in all we do. This means we do work to support communities of color, as we continue to learn more about what it takes to engage in a practice of racial equity. For more information about BG Philanthropy, please visit: www.ballmergroup.org.