The hot and cool fund

A strategic response to decades of systemic divestment from Black and Brown communities. Operating from the heart of Leimert Park, we witness daily the disconnect between a $1.4 trillion non-profit industry and persistent poverty rates of 18% in Los Angeles. This Fund is designed to move money directly to where it's most needed and partner with grassroots organizations that engage in this work.

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Pillar 1:

Strategic Community Grants

Addressing the chronic underfunding of the very organizations that form the backbone of community resilience.

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Pillar 2:

Rapid-Response Micro-Grants

$1 - $5k grants distributed to adress the bureaucratic failure of traditional systems to respond with speed and flexibility.

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Pillar 3:

One-year Rent Subsidy

This is the most powerful and direct method of moving money and freeing people. It addresses poverty at its root: a lack of cash.