About the Framework
Centered on community power building, together these seven interconnected focus areas help the Foundation show up in alignment with its values, and in deeper partnership with the community.
Organizational Power
Evolving beyond traditional capacity-building to make larger investments in the long-term infrastructure–staffing, systems, technology, governance structures–that enable organizations to scale, adapt, and sustain community-driven solutions.
Individual
Investing in the individual power people of color hold to support the advancement of purposeful and unified collective action.
Community Asset Control & Ownership
Focusing on East Side community control of housing, land, and business to rebalance power, address historic disinvestment and build financial prosperity.
Joy, Restoration, Resilience
Investing in Black joy as a deliberate act of resistance and a declaration of power, restoring what harmful systems have dismantled, and fostering healing.
Collective Community Organizing
Strengthening grassroots groups and coalitions that bring people together to build collective power, shape decisions, and drive systemic change at the neighborhood, city, and regional levels.
Narrative Change
Moving beyond narratives that solely emphasize challenges and “endurance” and instead focusing on existing strengths and how the community can thrive, heal, and achieve peace and liberation.
Policies and Practices
Supporting efforts that change the rules—policies, practices, and systems—that perpetuate inequity, while advancing community-driven solutions that create fairer, more responsive institutions.