Rejecting a history that would tell them "No.", Common Future invests in a future where "Yes." is around every corner for Black and Indigenous women and non-binary leaders. By granting them the funding, mentorship, and peer support that they've been historically excluded from, we push closer to the visions and hopes of the communities that these leaders carry. Though we are not ignorant of the tactics of the tactics of those who fight against progress, we will persist. Because this is how we push back. This is how we win.
Common Future
Civic and Social Organizations
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Common Future makes an equitable economy possible by investing in solutions that advance racial equity.
About us
Common Future makes an equitable economy possible by investing in solutions that advance racial equity. Our current economic system does not work for everyone. Generations of Black and Indigenous communities and other communities of color have intentionally been—and currently are—locked out of wealth and power. Centuries of policies that systematically favor a select few cause persistent economic inequities that hold us all back. We must restore power to communities across lines of difference to model and build a future in which we all thrive. Tax Exempt ID: 20-1544255
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http://commonfuture.co
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- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CALIFORNIA
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2001
- Specialties
- peer learning exchange, economic development, local economies, sustainable business, community capital, local investing, pro-local public policy, local food, leadership development, transformational learning, worker ownership, social entrepreneurship, and nonprofit
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Impact Hub Oakland
2323 Broadway
Oakland, CALIFORNIA 94612, US
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2323 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612, US
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It's no secret that there is mounting opposition to policies, laws, and practices that seek to address racial harm. But how can we all—funders, practitioners, and intermediaries—show up to meet this moment? What roles do we play? To answer these questions and more, we are excited to continue our Redefining Risk webinar series with Joe Dougherty, advisor at Dalberg, and a panel of experts—Reggie Shuford, Executive Director at North Carolina Justice Center, Bulbul Gupta, President and CEO of Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) Ventures, and Cate Fox, Director at AmbitioUS Center for Cultural Innovation. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eWxWXxW4
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How do bias and fear affect risk perception and become barriers to progress? Dive into the top takeaways from the first webinar in our Redefining Risk series, in which Nonprofit AF’s Vu Le and our co-CEO Jennifer Swayne Njuguna, Esq. SHRM-SCP explored the various aspects of organizational risk we encounter. https://lnkd.in/ew3-pSCg
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Incredibly proud to share a piece in which I had the pleasure of interviewing Agnetha Jaime Gloshay and consulting with Melonie Tharpe to talk about the importance of economic justice for Indigenous lives. https://lnkd.in/dsTsv3CG
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Reflecting on a history of violence and injustice towards Indigenous communities leads us to ask—what does Native economic justice look like? Agnetha Jaime Gloshay—Managing Director of Impact Investments at Common Future, and a member of the Diné (Navajo) and N'Dee (White Mountain Apache) Nations—recently sat down with our editorial team to explain how Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons is deeply tied to white supremacy, misogyny, and extractive capitalism. https://lnkd.in/e9dsR5Tm
Economic Justice is a Matter of Life and Death for Native People.
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Common Future is hiring a Fundraising Relationship Specialist—pivotal in strengthening the funder “waterway,” including coordinating outreach activities with current and prospective funders and supporting annual fundraising goals. This detail-oriented individual will identify new ways to leverage the platform to achieve fundraising goals and improve efficiency. This is a full-time, exempt position. The salary range is $73,000 to $85,800. Common Future offers a generous benefits package including a remote, four-day workweek–learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/e9SGStmU
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Join us Tuesday, August 13th at 10 am PST/ 1 pm EST for a virtual event featuring BIPOC women on the front lines of building a just economic future. The Common Future Accelerator invests in these organizations and leaders, brings them together to share insights and strategies, and connects the dots between their work. Learn about how each organization contributes to an economic system that allows everyone to thrive. Sign up for each of the panels here: https://lnkd.in/ew2F3P2A
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In the midst of continued and concerted #backlash to #racialprogress, it feels difficult to think beyond our current conditions to create the enabling conditions for a world where all people can thrive. But, it’s necessary, now more than ever, to make space for imagining what is possible by examining the concepts that keep the status quo of concentrated wealth and power in place. Reframing the concept of #fiduciaryduty is just one of these examples of how to challenge underlying arguments that are cutting off capital to the communities and organizations that need them most. I hope this reframe offers space for us think differently about our responsibilities to each other in ensuring that we all have the resources to thrive. I want to recognize Agnetha Jaime Gloshay, Jennifer Swayne Njuguna, Esq. SHRM-SCP, Jess Yupanqui Feingold, Ryan Glasgo,Victoria Monteiro, Donovan Ervin, Marjorie Kelly, Lisa Nutter, Leslie Christian, CFA, and Steve Dubb for your thought partnership (in small and big ways) to help bring this piece from musings and frustrations over the past few years to something productive. Article: https://lnkd.in/eEEe4PDu #impactinvesting #fiduciaryresponsibility #fiduciaryduty #systemschange #communityinvestment #philanthropy #economicdevelopment
To create new systems, we must first challenge, reconsider, and redefine our current extractive systems. Sandhya Nakhasi, co-CEO here at Common Future explores what it might take to create a "reoriented framework that centers humanity" by exploring finance, and the role fiduciaries have for the communities we center. https://lnkd.in/eW2s3Dc4
What Would Fiduciary Duty to the Community Look Like? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
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To create new systems, we must first challenge, reconsider, and redefine our current extractive systems. Sandhya Nakhasi, co-CEO here at Common Future explores what it might take to create a "reoriented framework that centers humanity" by exploring finance, and the role fiduciaries have for the communities we center. https://lnkd.in/eW2s3Dc4
What Would Fiduciary Duty to the Community Look Like? - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
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Co-CEO. Attorney. Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity (AFRE) Senior Fellow. Nonprofit Strategy and Operations. Racial and Economic Justice Focused. Museum Nerd. Mother. Wife. Spartan Racer.
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent," are the words of Supreme Court #JusticeSoniaSotomayor in response to the case permitting #presidentialimmunity from prosecution for "official" acts. Indeed, this has been a #SCOTUS term for the ages. In addition to the presidential immunity case, SCOTUS has also significantly weakened the #federalgovernment's power through 3 cases this term: - in #LoperBright, SCOTUS overruled a 40 year old #doctrine known as #ChevronDeference. This doctrine afforded deference to #federalagencies (e.g., FDA, EPA, etc.) precisely to issue guidance, regulations, and other determinations that bring clarity to ambiguous areas of the law and that also provide protections through enforcement action (e.g., clean air and water, safe food and drugs, etc.), and thus, fairness and safety. Now, with this deference to federal agencies overruled, we will have to overly rely on the #judiciary to make such determinations. - In #CornerPost, SCOTUS changed a critical element of the #statuteoflimitations for challenging federal regulations. The statute of limitations was previously 6 years, and now, with this ruling, challenges to federal regulations can be endless and without any certainty, due to a shift in when the statute of limitations clock starts to run. - In #SECvJarkesy, SCOTUS stripped the #SEC of its ability to use in-house tribunals to adjudicate and enforce actions around securities laws violations, and in question is the enforcement power of many other agencies. While there are other consequential decisions from this term, I wanted to highlight the ones above because in an instant, these, and other cases are part of a troubling trend reflecting legal and other power shifts that 1) weaken the federal government, 2) that concentrate more power in a judiciary that has a heavy lean along ideological, partisan lines (as we have seen with ignoring decades of precedent and overturning settled case law re: reproductive rights, affirmative action, voting rights, and many other areas), and 3) that enable the President as a "king above the law" in official acts, according to Justice Sotomayor. So what now? I know that sometimes, it can seem like some of these cases don't impact us directly in our day to day lives, but they do. They are a part of the #legalstructure that governs the #remedies we seek, the #solutions and #designs we implement, and the #power we have to create a #justsociety, including an #equitable #economy as we do at Common Future. In my latest piece, I share more examples on where we are seeing these shifts and restrictions, as well as what we can do so that we can continue our journey toward the ideals of a #multiracial #democracy and an equitable economy. This is what I will be reflecting on this week as we mark #IndependenceDay, and as we are two years away from the #250th anniversary of the #DeclarationofIndependence. https://lnkd.in/e4vHhBrt
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