Decades of disinvestment has left many communities in cities across the country with low-quality housing, few options for healthy food and a lack of other resources that help people stay healthy.

This lack of investment was not an accident – it resulted from racist housing, transportation, planning and development policies that kept many Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities from building wealth. Meanwhile, these same policies helped create the white middle class in the United States.  The consequences of unequal access to affordable capital can be seen in many of the health problems our nation struggles with today.

We are dedicated to reversing these historic trends. Through this work, we aim to create robust community investment ecosystems designed to close the gap between how much money white people have compared to families of color.

Community investment ecosystems require, at a minimum, mission-driven investors that offer low-cost, low-burden capital, and a range of people and groups who are able to access and deploy that capital to finance what the community says it needs.

We seek to disrupt standard development practices that exclude or marginalize residents with low incomes from investment decisions that often lead to displacement by ensuring that residents have real power in determining how projects are prioritized and implemented.

To reach that goal, we engage with partners to help establish equitable capital pipelines and community investment ecosystems so that a range of community development efforts can access non-extractive financing; help communities grown their ability to access and use mission-driven capital to meet shared investment priorities; and support innovative community ownership models.

We believe that improving neighborhood conditions while building community wealth will empower communities in achieving their vision of health.