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Our initiative is to reinvest 10% of the $14 trillion in Wall Street into your streets.
1. Provide the missing capital to preserve and rebuild our communities from the inside out.
2. Permanently fund entrepreneurial centers and small business zones.
3. Create an interdependent network of self-sustaining organizations.
4. Secure low cost capital that motivates business owners to adopt sustainable water, agricultural, and energy practices.
Our research shows
• Citizens First People first = Rebuilding our communities from the inside out.
• Community Opportunity Working and investing together = Success for everyone.
• Financial Freedom Cash Flow from the community to the community = Predictable funding.
• Measurements and Outcomes It is not what you say, it's what you get done.
• Technology, Entrepreneurial and Life Skill Centers Inform = Innovate = Inspire
• Community Supported Agriculture Nutrition = Health = Profit
• Open Space Play and Create = Breathe = Be happy
Selected by the #1 owner and developer of affordable housing to design and create a 125 person nonprofit that currently serves 45,845 at-risk individuals in 140 communities.
Asked to collaborate with the White House for the Social Impact Capital Initiative.
With our initiative, we received a pledge from 5 of the top 25 affordable housing developers to increase funding for services by 400%; impacting 150,000 individuals in 47 states.
• Impact Investment Sector as a source of capital to drive change in community development.
• Affordable Housing is a delivery mechanism for positive social changes.
"You are only as good as the company you keep."
The Michaels Organization is a nationwide affordable housing developer in 40 states serving 70,000 people. Their mission is to enhance people's lives by providing quality housing for families of all incomes.
Committed to revitalizing communities at a neighborhood level, USA Properties Fund is focused mainly in Nevada and California. USA is active in the California Redevelopment Association (CRA), the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and HomeAid.
Their tag line says it all: Innovative Development. With over 20 years of industry experience they consistently deliver neighborhoods that people are proud to call home.
Focused mainly in the western United States, their aim is to become part of a solution by enabling financially struggling families and senior citizens to discover a better way of life.
Based in Southern-California, they promote neighborhood revitalization with the tenets of: Listen to community. Deliver quality housing to those in greatest need. Relieve communities of escalating environmental concerns.
AHA provides and preserves affordable housing for low-income people.
Located on the West Coast, LifeSTEPS maintains and operates programs and services in more than 190 apartment communities. Their mission: To provide effective educational and supportive services to maximize the strengths of individuals and build resilient communities.
Project Access envisions that all residents of affordable housing communities have the opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency and maximize their full potential. Their goal is to help keep family members employed, children in school, and seniors active.
Their four key values: Trust, Character, Insight and Access define this group. Coupled with their knowledge in the affordable housing and commercial real estate they are one of the top 20 national accounting, tax and business advisory firms in the United States.
Local knowledge. Global Power. Aegon is an international life insurance, pension and asset management company with businesses in over 20 markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They employ some 26,500 people and serve 40 million customers worldwide.
A Global 100 law firm, clients depend on Nixon Peabody to have a go-to team tailored to their needs right here at the firm, around the corner, and across the globe.
United under the McGladdrey umbrella, they rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services with 7,000 professionals and associates in more than 80 offices.
We are here to learn by what others have done before and share our knowledge for the greater good.
Set up a meeting and help create sustainable opportunities for our communities.
John Belluomini
CEO
Over 21 successful years in finance & technology, John generated over $1B in funding, new revenue & profits.
4 years ago, John envisioned creating a stable environment for 100 million at risk people in the next 10 years.
To achieve his goal, John has created a funding model for affordable housing developments that contains long term financing for wraparound services, & in turn helps establish a platform of stability for individuals & families.
Kay Marquet
Board Member
Kay has more than 30 years experience in community & private foundations & community benefit organizations.
As President/CEO of the Community Foundation Sonoma County, she increased assets from $4M to $140M.
As Executive Director of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation she grew assets from $1.5M to $30M.
She currently serves as a director of Scholarship America, a national education service organization, co-chairing the Families of Freedom Task Force, serving dependents of those killed & permanently disabled on 9/11.
Ajay Shah
Business Development
Ajay is responsible for creating & maintaining relationships with foundations, affordable housing developers & industry participants.
Possesses a strong background in marketing & sales having worked for several Fortune 100 Companies: CVS Caremark Corporate, Gillette, P&G & Weyerhaeuser.
Attained his MBA from Boise State University, where he also taught classes on social media.
Justin Westover
Finance
Has successfully secured $200M for affordable housing projects from 2009 to 2011.
As an entrepreneur, he created a marketing company, managing all aspects of a regional resort in Boise.
Justin has volunteered over a 1000 hours with local charities & spent two years in Russia helping the disadvantaged.
Sarah Struck
Brand Identity and Marketing
Over 10 years experience in marketing & branding for international companies.
Founding member of Creative Space, an enrichment center with a “think tank” approach to creating & testing children’s products for Nickelodeon.
Lifelong experience in philanthropy.
Rachel Goldman
Community Planning
Recently obtained her degree in architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a concentration in affordable housing design.
Placed 2nd in Bank of America's Low-income Housing Challenge in 2010.
Summer internship with affordable housing architect Michael Pyatok.
Siddarth Dhanasekaran
Project Management
Certified Project Management Professional.
Extensive background in pro-bono business consulting, market research and pre-market forecasting work for struggling small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Sid earned his MBA in Project Management and Marketing from Boise State University.