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Kindred Futures’ work is informed by and in valued collaboration with mission-aligned partners and community.
Kindred Futures’ work is community informed and data driven. We are an ecosystem builder and network weaver committed to prioritize shared results agendas. Our partnerships play a key role in our ability to meet and push forward our goals, stimulate systems change, and to inspire collective action to enhance local economies and thriving communities.
Our amazing partners are a community of investors, advocates, practitioners, scholars and activists working to transform systems and structures of capital to create opportunities to build Black wealth across the South.
Strategic Partnerships & Results
Step Up Savannah
Through a strategic partnership, AWBI and IBEX IT have joined forces to bolster the procurement and contracting capacity of Community Economic Development Institutions and Business-Serving Organizations in the region. IBEX developed a train-the-trainer model that will equip the end-user with specialized knowledge and skills to effectively train others in the procurement practices, which will ultimately disseminate best practices, ensure compliance, and improve efficiency across the procurement process in the public and private sectors. Those partners include AFCEA, NOW Account, the City of College Park, the City of Atlanta, and Aerotropolis
Village Micro Fund
In partnership with Village Micro Fund (VMF) for their Fall 2023 cohort of the Flourish Fellowship, Kindred Futures supported VMF’s training and a cohort of entrepreneurs who successfully completed an intensive 14-week retail business development program. At the graduation of the event, the top businesses received grant capital. These awards will help businesses move to the next level of scale and production.
We are happy to report the following accomplishments that reflect the growth and opportunities provided by the Flourish Fellowship:
- 33% participating businesses received procurement opportunities
- 100% improved their operational efficiency
- 67% increase in revenue
- 50% hired at least 1 (additional) employee
- $208,000 avg revenue for 2023
Emory University & Georgia Social Innovation Collaborative
Building a Shared Learning Agenda
In August 2024, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School hosted the Georgia Shared Ownership Convening, organized in collaboration with the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Kindred Futures (formerly Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative), Goizueta’s Business & Society Institute, and the Georgia Social Innovation Collaborative. The event brought together more than 50 stakeholders to discuss the advancement of shared ownership models to address economic inequality and promote equitable wealth distribution in Georgia. Through discussions on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), cooperatives, and other shared ownership structures, participants explored ways to strengthen economic resilience and racial equity. Key action items included advocating for supportive legislation, raising awareness of shared ownership benefits, and fostering long-term ecosystem-building efforts.
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