Building the Next-Generation Community Investment Ecosystem: How Foundations Can Advance Racial Equity

Will recovery from COVID-19 and racial reckoning finally bring our society closer to racial justice? This session will explore how foundations can shift the ways capital enters communities of color by helping to build investment ecosystems that finance community priorities. Participants will explore examples of community ownership and control, wealth-building strategies, and ways to expand capital access for businesses owned by people of color, as well as workshop how foundations can intervene to advance these approaches.