What the Foundation is

 The Henry Grant Foundation is an organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge for the improvement of people's lives. It was founded in 2016 in the wake of the Flint, Michigan water crisis and the Dakota Access protests and assisted in getting information and resources to those who needed them.  Since then, we have been working through individuals and charity organizations to try to give those in our communities access to the information and resources they need to understand the problems they face and devise solutions.

At the core of our understanding is that education informs intellect.  Knowledge of science, engineering are the fundamental building blocks upon which everything else stands. By helping to educate and inform people, we give them power over their lives, from their personal lives to the environment.  What happens to the environment happens to all of us in it, and what happens to other people also happens to ourselves.  If we understand what's going on around us, it will inform us how we keep the environment, our families, and ourselves safe, and ultimately our purpose is the improvement of the human condition.

While this is a non-political public advocacy organization, it is a necessary consequence that anyone working to spread misinformation, either unknowingly or on purpose needs to be challenged as often as possible.  We do not do this through censorship or any kind of suppression, but through explaining the truth with evidence to back it up.  With the rise of social media, there has also been a rise in anti-science, anti-intellectualism and there is even serious discussion about the idea that knowledge itself is somehow wrong or evil.  We do not care who your favorite candidate is or your party affiliation.  If you're interested in real information not translated through an agenda, if you think that getting to the truth is more important than being right, then the HGF wants you to sound off with us, and hopefully get involved.

The truth isn't easy.  It requires engaging in distasteful subjects rather than just ignoring them or suppressing them.  It requires free thought and free expression and free speech, even for your enemies.  It is easy to SAY you are for truth, but when the truth contradicts what you believe, then the test becomes: How much do you value real, testable, verifiable truth over what you have convinced yourself is the truth.