The non-profit foundation, founded in 1999 and based in Austin, Texas, funds programs that improve public education and childhood health, and increase the economic stability of families living in poverty. With offices in Austin, New Delhi, and Cape Town, the foundation has committed over $1 billion to assist non-profit organizations working in major urban communities in the United States, South Africa, and India. The foundation focuses on opportunities that have the greatest potential to directly and measurably transform the lifelong outcomes of impoverished urban children around the world.