Build
Convening Practitioners and Supporters to Create an Economy that works for All
BUILD is Kindred Futures’ implementation and learning engine, where strategy becomes action, and action generates proof. We design, test, and scale community wealth models that strengthen the ecosystems Black communities need to build, retain, and transfer wealth across generations.
Our work operates across four interconnected infrastructure strategies: Small Business Ecosystem Development, Cooperative Development & Shared Ownership, Commercial Affordability & Anti-Displacement, and Capital Access & Financial Systems. Each strategy targets a different point of extraction, and together, they build the infrastructure needed to build community wealth.
Everything BUILD does is organized through our R3 framework — Revenue, Resilience, and Repair, ensuring our work simultaneously expands pathways to wealth, fortifies communities against ongoing threats, and redresses historical harms.
Small Business Ecosystem Building the coordinated infrastructure Black-owned businesses need to access capital, grow, and reach their next stage. We strengthen Business Support Organizations, standardize capital readiness pathways, and formalize partnerships with mission-aligned capital providers — ensuring Black-owned businesses have a documented pathway to growth.
Cooperative Development & Shared Ownership Advancing worker-owned and community-owned enterprise models across the South. From childcare cooperatives in Georgia to shared services models in Savannah, we build the technical infrastructure, capital access, and assessment tools that make shared ownership real — not just theoretical.
Commercial Affordability & Anti-Displacement Protecting community-rooted Black businesses from the displacement that follows rapid development. We convene the cross-sector coalitions — businesses, community organizations, policymakers, and developers, that turn affordability commitments into real market outcomes.
Capital Access & Financial Systems Coordinating non-extractive capital flows through CDFIs, credit unions, and mission-aligned lenders. We build the shared frameworks that ensure capital reaches the right businesses, on the right terms — and track what happens after the money moves.
Upcoming Convenings & Events
From In-Person Gatherings To Online Webinars
Latest
Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative Announces New Name and Brand Identity as Kindred Futures
Past Events
Kindred Futures Partnership with Step Up Savannah Launch Announcement Luncheon
July 15, 2024
Kindred Futures and the Center for Community Progress Host Community Forum on Commercial Affordability
May 3, 2024
Kindred Futures Hosts Inaugural Policy Forum: ‘Beloved Economies: Shaping Policy to Build Black Wealth
November 27, 2023
Featured News
Kindred Futures Launches Partnership with Step Up Savannah to Support a Business Service Cooperative
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