Comprehensive funding strategy that keeps the community at the center as the primary stakeholder, combining multiple sources to ensure shared prosperity and community ownership.
A strategic approach to combining multiple funding sources while keeping the community at the center as the primary stakeholder and beneficiary.
Capital Stack Funding is a comprehensive approach to funding that combines multiple sources—grants, contracts, earned revenue, donations, crowdfunding, and other mechanisms—into a coordinated strategy. Rather than relying on a single funding source, we help you build a diverse portfolio that ensures financial stability, eliminates gaps in cash flow, and keeps the community as the primary stakeholder and owner.
We help you identify and coordinate multiple funding streams that benefit the community.
Foundation and government grants aligned with your mission and community benefit
Government and nonprofit contracts for services that strengthen the community
Income from products and services that create community jobs and wealth
Individual and corporate donations that support community-driven initiatives
Community members invest and gain equity ownership in projects and partnerships
Impact investments and community investment funds with shared ownership models
Crowdfunding isn't just about raising money—it's about building community ownership and shared prosperity.
We provide comprehensive support for building and managing your capital stack with community at the center.
We assess your organization's needs and develop a customized funding strategy that prioritizes community ownership and benefit.
We help you design and launch crowdfunding campaigns that give community members equity and ownership stakes.
We help you coordinate timing and requirements across multiple funding sources to eliminate gaps and maximize community benefit.
We support effective management of diverse funding sources while ensuring benefits flow to the community.
Here's how a typical organization might structure its funding with community as the primary stakeholder.
Community members with equity stakes
Multi-year funding for core programs
Project-specific and capacity building
Services, products, and social enterprise
Individual and corporate support
Community development loans and credit facilities
Community-Centered Result: A diversified funding portfolio where the community is not just a beneficiary but an owner and stakeholder. Community members hold equity, participate in decisions, and share in returns. This ensures financial stability while keeping the community at the center of all decisions.
Community Benefit: 30% community equity ownership ensures the community has a voice and shares in success. All funding sources are coordinated to maximize community benefit and long-term prosperity.
Capital Stack Funding works for organizations at any stage seeking financial stability and community ownership.
Build a strong financial foundation with community ownership from the beginning
Scale sustainably with diversified funding and community stakeholder support
Strengthen financial stability and deepen community ownership and benefit
Balance mission, financial sustainability, and community ownership