THE EQUITY AMPLIFIER DIRECTORY

Organization	Mission	Population Served	AFN Issue Area	State	AFN Nominating Funder
A.M.P.E.D. Louisville	The Academy of Music Production Education and Development (AMPED) has two campuses situated in West Louisville, a community that in the past few decades has experienced considerable blight. AMPED hosts programs throughout Louisville, in two zip codes where the poverty rates are 27% and 44%, respectively. AMPED serves youth ages 8 – 18. Jefferson County has the highest opioid overdose deaths in Kentucky, and western and southern Louisville have the highest rates of both drug use and overdose deaths in Louisville; OSTs show promise in deterring kids from drug use and violence.	All	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Kentucky	The Rockefeller Foundation
Remix Ideas	ReMix Ideas in partnership with ABE (Advancing Black Entrepreneurship) supports the Black Ownership Movement. Black Ownership is the movement that interrupts cycles of intergenerational poverty and disrupts inequitable systems to create pathways for intergenerational wealth.	Black	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Arkansas	Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
Prosperity Now: Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color (BHINC)	The goals of the Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color (BHINC) are to assist in developing high impact nonprofit organizations of color focused on advancing economic opportunity nationally; build an understanding of the intersection of income, assets and the racial wealth divide; establish networks across sectors to have lasting local influence and advance social change; improve relationships between organizations of color, local organizations and asset-building institutions; and, equip organizations of color to become leading voices in local and national asset-building dialogues and decisions.	Black	The Wealth Gap	Washington	JPMorgan Chase
Crescent City Community Land Trust	Crescent City Community Land Trust (CCCLT) is a community land trust that ensures permanent affordability for generations through equitable residential and commercial development, community stewardship, and housing advocacy.	All	Housing	Louisiana	JPMorgan Chase
Encuentro	Encuentro’s mission is to transform New Mexico into a thriving community for all of its residents. We do this by engaging with Latino immigrant families in educational and career development opportunities that build skills for economic and social justice.	Latinx	Employment & Income	New Mexico	New Mexico AFN
Go. Be. (Formerly Good Work Network)	Good Work Network supports entrepreneurial minority small business owners gain access to the resources they need to succeed and prosper—with a longer-lens focus on building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable economy.	Black	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Louisiana	JPMorgan Chase
Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative (JPNSI)	JPNSI mission is to transform unjust housing policies, discriminatory practices, and inequitable development schemes by engaging in strategies that create permanently affordable housing, advance tenant rights, expand housing security, and uphold equitable housing patterns and land use planning.	All	Housing	Louisiana	JPMorgan Chase
Laguna Community Foundation	Laguna Community Foundation’s mission is to generate resources and charitable support for initiatives that strengthen Laguna Pueblo. Their Employment (E2E) Project is designed to research and define a set of practical workforce development recommendations that reflect the Pueblo of Laguna’s community needs, values, and POL Tribal Priorities to strengthen POL families, workers, employers, and economic infrastructure.	Indigenous	Employment & Income	New Mexico	New Mexico AFN
Local Initiatives Support Corporation LA	LISC LA is one of 38 offices of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national non-profit organization supporting community development in cities and rural areas throughout the country. LISC LA serves as an intermediary, building bridges between our local non-profit partners and the resources they need to transform underserved neighborhoods into thriving communities of opportunity and choice.	Black	The Wealth Gap	California	JPMorgan Chase
Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Making and Preserving History	The Marian Cheek Jackson Center's mission is to honor, renew, and build community in the historic Northside, Pine Knolls, and Tin Top neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. MCJC engages the power of civil rights history; the struggles and strengths of generations of long-term residents; the insights of all who work, live, play, serve, and worship in Northside neighborhoods; and partnership across multiple lines of difference to make community-driven change.	Black	Housing	North Carolina	Self-Help (Center for Community Self-Help)
Mid City Redevelopment Alliance	Mid City Redevelopment Alliance develops and promotes the growth and revitalization of Mid City Baton Rouge by attracting new and retaining current residents and businesses.	All	Housing	Louisiana	JPMorgan Chase
Montebello Housing Development Corporation	Montebello Housing Development Corporation (MHDC) helps inform, educate and facilitate home ownership for First Time Homebuyers.	All	Housing	California	JPMorgan Chase
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles	NHS strengthens communities by developing and maintaining quality affordable housing, creating and preserving affordable homeownership opportunities, supporting local leaders, providing financial education and increasing the financial independence of families and people in need.	Black, Latinx	Housing	California	JPMorgan Chase
NEW (New Economics for Women)	NEW is driven by its mission to spark economic mobility for all women and families, particularly Latinas, through wealth creation, housing, education, entrepreneurship, and advocacy for economic justice.	Latinx	The Wealth Gap	California	JPMorgan Chase
NewCorp Inc.	NewCorp, Inc. is a private non-profit 501(C)(3) CDFI that provides financial products and services, technical assistance, training, counseling and advisory services to small/medium, minority and women owned businesses.	All	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Louisiana	JPMorgan Chase
Our Village United	Our Village United supports the growth of Black solopreneurs and microbusinesses by delivering targeted technical assistance and shared professional services that empower business owners to grow their operations and scale their businesses.	Black	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Georgia	The Rockefeller Foundation
People Trust	People's Trust​ is a CDFI whose primary purpose is to promote community development by providing credit counseling services, financial support and literacy for communities that would otherwise not receive said opportunities.	Black	Financial Health	Arkansas	Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
REPAIR	The Racially Equitable Philanthropy Aimed at Initiating Reparations (REPAIR) is the Seattle Foundation’s multi-year investment designed to acknowledge and account for the harm that philanthropic under investment has caused the Black community for generations.	Black	The Wealth Gap	Washington	JPMorgan Chase
RUNWAY	Runway is a community of visionaries, activists, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and grassroots organizers who believe in economic prosperity for Black people and thrive on collaboration, collectivism, and connection.	Black	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	California	AFN
Skyway Coalition	Skyway Coalition works together to advance equitable community development and support community-driven priorities for community development including, but not limited to affordable housing, economic development, education, transportation and mobility, preservation of the diversity of culture and character of our community, and healthy connected neighborhoods.	All	The Wealth Gap	Washington	Seattle Community Foundation
Black Girl Ventures	To provide Black/Brown woman-identifying founders with access to community, capital, and capacity building in order to meet business milestones that lead to economic advancement through entrepreneurship.	Black	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Washington, DC	Marin Community Foundation
Defy Ventures	To cut recidivism in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives	Black, Asian and Pacific Islander, Latinx	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	California	Marin Community Foundation
Sunday Friends	Sunday Friends empowers families to break the generational cycle of poverty by fostering positive development in children while educating and guiding parents to support their children's life success.	All	Financial Health	California	Excite Credit Union
Latino Business Foundation Silicon Valley	Our mission at the Latino Business Foundation Silicon Valley is to provide empowering resources to existing and future leaders in the business community through long-lasting learning and support. The Foundation’s plan of action stirs the entrepreneurial spirit, support business growth, strengthen local associations and advance leadership.	Latinx	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	California	Excite Credit Union
Excite Foundation	We believe every child should have a savings account and an opportunity to afford college. No matter where they live.	All	Education	California	Excite Credit Union
Self-Help Federal Credit Union	Our mission is creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for all, especially people of color, women, rural residents and low-wealth families and communities. We do this by providing responsible financial services, lending to small businesses and nonprofits, developing real estate and promoting fair financial practices. While our work benefits communities of all kinds, our focus is on those who may be underserved by conventional lenders, including people of color, women, rural residents and low-wealth families and communities.	All	Financial Health	California	Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition	The mission of the Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition (ONAC) is to build and support a network of Native people who are dedicated to increasing self-sufficiency and prosperity in their communities through the establishment of integrated culturally relevant financial education and financial coaching initiatives, as well as seed funded account programs, down payment assistance, free tax preparation, expanded banking access, and other asset-building strategies.	Indigenous	Financial Health	Oklahoma	Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund
Allies for Community Business	We believe that entrepreneurs from any background can start and grow businesses that create wealth for their families and communities. We provide the capital, coaching, and connections entrepreneurs need to grow great businesses that create jobs and wealth in their communities.	All	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Illinois	Chicago Foundation for Women
LIFT Chicago	Founded in 1998, LIFT is a national nonprofit headquartered in D.C. with sites across the U.S. Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty by investing in parents. LIFT;s one-on-one coaching program empowers parents to set and achieve goals such as going back to school, improving credit, eliminating debt, or securing a living wage that put their families on the path to economic mobility. We advocate policy that centers the voices of low-income families and partner with health systems, colleges, and local and national governments to deliver our services across the country.	All	Financial Health	Illinois	Chicago Foundation for Women
Teamwork Englewood	To improve the quality of life of the residents and stakeholders of Englewood by facilitating economic, educational and social opportunities.	Black, Latinx	Employment & Income	Illinois	Chicago Foundation for Women
Higher Purpose Co.	Build community wealth with Black residents in Mississippi by supporting the ownership of financial, cultural, and political power. Our theory of change is anchored by an integrated model: asset building, narrative change, and advocacy. View AFN'S Spotlight on HPC: https://assetfunders.org/field-news/higher-purpose-co/	Black	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Mississippi
Texas Muslim Women's Foundation	The mission of the Texas Muslim Women's Foundation (TMWF) is to empower, promote, and support women and their families through education, outreach, philanthropy, and social services. View AFN's Spotlight on TMWF: https://assetfunders.org/field-news/texas-muslim-womens-foundation/	All	Financial Health	Texas
New Mexico Native Vote	Build a Native American vote bloc that actively promotes a Native American agenda, underscores the importance of being informed and is involved in issues that affect Native American families and communities. View AFN's Spotlight on NMNV: https://assetfunders.org/field-news/new-mexico-native-vote/	Indigenous	The Wealth Gap	New Mexico
Oregon Economic Justice Roundtable	A shared table of funders, advocates, and other nonprofit organizations, working to advance collective, sustained action for racial and economic justice. View AFN's Spotlight on OEJR: https://assetfunders.org/field-news/oregon-economic-justice-roundtable/	All	The Wealth Gap	Oregon
Children's Council of San Francisco	By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, we ensure that every child in San Francisco has the opportunity to reach their full potential.	All	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	California
Veteran Women's Enterprise Center	To empower Entrepreneur Women Associated with the Military (EWAM) inclusive of veterans, active duty, reservists and military spouses scale for success, the organization establishes strategic alliances, leverage public/private-sector opportunities, advocate for relevant research, services and funding, while simultaneously providing on-site the personal and professional resources they need to succeed.	Black, Latinx	Education, Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Texas	Charles Schwab Bank
Community Works	CommunityWorks is a non-profit financial organization committed to building a brighter future for underserved families and communities through financial education, lending, and investing. We envision robust and vibrant communities that offer the opportunity for financial equity and economic achievement for everyone.	Black, Latinx	Financial Health	South Carolina	Self-Help Credit Union
Durham Community Land Trustees	Durham Community Land Trustees (DCLT) is a community land trust that builds strong communities by developing, managing, and advocating for permanent affordable housing. DCLT offers residents with low and moderate incomes a stable foundation for achieving economic security in Durham, NC.	Black, Latinx	Housing	North Carolina	Self-Help Credit Union
Community Link NC	Our mission is to enable individuals and families to obtain and sustain safe, decent and affordable housing.	All	Housing	North Carolina	Self-Help Credit Union
DreamKey Partners	As a group, we are steadfast in our mission to transform lives, communities, and what is possible through affordable housing. Our vision is thriving communities where everyone has an opportunity to succeed. And our core values define us and guide our behavior and decisions.	All	Housing	North Carolina	Self-Help Credit Union
The Collaborative	The Collaborative’s mission is to close the wealth gap in North Carolina by ensuring that everyone has a pathway to prosperity. We advocate on behalf of financially vulnerable communities by collaborating with financial institutions, nonprofits, and local government agencies across the state to educate people on building wealth.	All	The Wealth Gap	North Carolina	Self-Help Credit Union
Hope Credit Union	A Black- and woman-owned and led nonprofit, HOPE provides financial services; aggregates resources; and engages in advocacy to mitigate the extent to which factors such as race, gender, birthplace, and wealth limit one’s ability to prosper. Since 1994, HOPE has generated over $3.6 billion in financing and related services for the unbanked and underbanked, homeowners, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, health care providers, affordable rental housing projects and other community and economic development purposes. Collectively, these projects have benefited more than 2 million individuals throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.	Black	The Wealth Gap	Mississippi	Arkansas Community Foundation
CoACT North Texas	CoAct is a non-profit design studio. We create strategic responses towards society's most pressing challenges, by developing community centered projects, empowering individuals with effective problem solving practices, and creating resources that contribute to lasting change.	Black, Latinx	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Texas
Bachman Lake Together	Bachman Lake Together brings together partners and resources to help families support their children's development and take control of their neighborhood's destiny.	Latinx	Education	Texas
HUSTLE	HUSTLE Winston-Salem exists to facilitate and promote a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem by working with both entrepreneurs and community stakeholders. We focus on and advocate for those that are most at-risk for systematic exclusion or marginalization in the local innovation economy.	Black, Latinx	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	North Carolina	The Winston-Salem Foundation
Piedmont	PBC's mission is to create shared economic prosperity through equitable lending and investment.	Black, Latinx	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	North Carolina	The Winston-Salem Foundation
Enterprise Center	The Enterprise Center is an entrepreneurial hub that offers business owners office space, education, and access and connections to small business resources. It seeks to foster economic and business development initiatives serving the needs of low and moderate income and otherwise disadvantaged persons.	Black, Latinx	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	North Carolina	The Winston-Salem Foundation
Food Commonweal	Working, together, with local farmers and growers; using under-utilized spaces like churches and community center with operable kitchens; revitalizing dormant community garden spaces, we can supplement the cost of whole food meals. We, together, can reduce the mortality rate amongst East Oakland residents by reducing the growing rates of obesity, diabetes, and other nutrition-related health crises in our community.	All	Health	California	Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund
House of Neighborly Service	The mission of House of Neighborly Service is to encourage, educate and empower the families of our Westside community.	Black, Latinx, Indigenous	Health	Texas
Financial Health Pathways	A Texas community with inclusive financial services where everyone has access to economic opportunity.	All	Financial Health	Texas	JPMorgan Chase
Hispanic	Empowering immigrants and others to become self-sufficient, productive and civically engaged.	All	Financial Health	Florida	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Sant La	Sant La's mission is to empower, strengthen and uplift the Haitian-American community of South Florida.	Latinx	Education, Employment & Income, Financial Health, Health	Florida	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Chinese Community	Our mission is to bridge East and West by enriching families with educational, cultural, and social service programs.	All	Education, Health	Texas	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Building Skills	Building Skills Partnership improves the lives of property service workers in low-wage industries and their families.	Latinx	Education, Employment & Income	California	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Koreatown Youth Community Center	The mission of KYCC is to serve the evolving needs of the Korean American population in the greater Los Angeles area as well as the multiethnic Koreatown community.	All	Education, Health, Housing, and Financial Health	California	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
East LA Community	Our mission is to advocate for economic and social justice in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles by building grassroots leadership, developing affordable housing and neighborhood assets, and providing access to economic development opportunities for low and moderate income families.	Latinx	Housing	California	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Every Texan	We focus on policies that will enable Texans of all backgrounds to thrive. Today, we prioritize policies that will measurably improve equity in and access to health care, food security, education, and financial security. We expose unfair barriers faced by people of color, low-income Texans, immigrants, women, children, and other disenfranchised populations.	All	Education, Financial Health, Health	Texas	The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Cafe X	Café X: By Any Beans Necessary is a Black, mother-daughter owned, cooperative coffee shop built to support generational wealth building in the Black community and other marginalized communities.	All	The Wealth Gap	California	Alliance Healthcare Foundation
AES Literacy	Our mission is to motivate underprivileged adult learners to obtain the education and career training necessary to be self-sufficient. By reducing barriers and increasing access to career opportunities we will help restore dignity and improve quality of life.	All	Education, Employment & Income	Texas
Jewels Comfort	Jewel's Comfort Keeper's Mission is to foster an environment where those who have been previously convicted and incarcerated, can be reintegrated back into their community while receiving the necessary support and charity, in order to become successful members of society through the values of service, care, respect, responsibility and faith.	All	Employment & Income, Financial Health, Housing	Texas
Stars United	Stars United Global Outreach works with at risk youth to deliver high impact training by empowering, equipping, and mobilizing them to create social change and break barriers.	All	Education, Employment & Income, Financial Health	Texas
Aaliyah is Healed	The Aaliyah is Healed Foundation's goal is to help relieve some of the burdens that families face due to having a child with a chronic and life-threatening illness. Our Vision is to Empower and Impact one family at a time by providing support, resources, and education.	All	Education, Financial Health	Texas
Southern Dallas	The Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corporation's mission is to empower, enable and support community members in their efforts to revitalize Southern Dallas communities and neighborhoods. Southern Dallas Progress Community Development Corporation serves as a vehicle through which residents and businesses can work together to solve problems and improve life in their community.	All	Financial Health, Housing	Texas
Tiwa Lending	To provide innovative products, and developmental services to improve the social and economic growth of Pueblo of Isleta and other Native Americans residing in the surrounding communities.	Indigenous	Financial Health, Housing	New Mexico
Mni'sota Fund	To provide training and access to capital in order to promote home ownership, entrepreneurship, and financial capabilities among American Indian men and women throughout the state of Minnesota. We do this through the provision of development services and financial products.	Indigenous	Financial Health, Housing, Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Minnesota
Native360 Loan Fund	Native360 Loan Fund’s mission is to provide affordable credit, capital, technical assistance and related programs to help build strong and self-sufficient Native American business owners. We serve members of all tribes in our Nebraska, Iowa and southeast South Dakota service area.	Indigenous	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota
ONABEN	Onaben's mission is to advance the economic development of Native peoples and all communities of color by the establishment of culturally relevant products and services designed to encourage the growth of individual and community wealth building, through the creation of aspiring entrepreneurs and small businesses; financial empowerment initiatives; organizational development and community asset building.	Indigenous	Small Business, Co-op & Microenterprise Ownership	Oregon

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