CONNECT & CONTRIBUTE
There's a place for you in this work
Your region needs your unique skills and passion. We work with entrepreneurs, community leaders, nonprofits, funders, policymakers, cooperatives, creatives — and many others who care about this region's future.
There are three ways to plug in: tell us what support you need, offer your skills, or simply stay in the loop.
Share your support needs
Do you share our vision? Is your organization working towards a piece of this shared vision and needs support? We are here to help support you. Tell us where a well-placed bit of support could unlock real change — in your work and across the region you're part of.
Where we are today
Our fund vehicles are nearly complete and we're now raising, with direct funding coming online as that capital is in place. In the meantime, we coordinate support from aligned partners. We'll be as transparent as we can about our capital timeline — and we ask that you be just as open about yours.
When we say “capital,” we are talking about a broader landscape of resources that helps something take root and grow over time. Examples of polycapital support:
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Financial: money, in the forms the work can actually use
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Knowledge: research, analysis, and practical experience from those who have done this before
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Technical: direct support for designing, structuring, and delivering the work
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Relational: trust, convening, and the connections that enable efforts to find each other and reinforce one another
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Advocacy: policymaking, mindset shifts, and change to a current system that, if shifted, creates a trajectory of movement in a positive direction
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Human: the talent, leadership, and experience in the region
Our role is to support these forms of capital around the work already underway – assembling what's needed, in the combinations that fit, and at the moments they can do the most good.