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Liberated Futures Fund Portfolio

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22 organizations$141.0M raised of $448.6M goal (31%)

Gathering your cluster

Tallying impact, orgs, and funds

$140,986,351 raised

Remaining$307,654,758

$448,641,109 goal

Grant$112,821,351 of $343,056,109
Recoverable grant$2,000,000 of $19,685,000
Loan$19,715,000 of $67,400,000
Equity$6,450,000 of $18,500,000

$307,654,758 still to raise across 22 organizations

Focus areas

Owner highlights and areas members report in this cluster.

Key areas of work

Economic JusticeClimate ResilienceGender Justice

Also in this cluster

Healing JusticeEntrepreneurshipWorkforce DevelopmentEnvironmental JusticeFinancial InclusionSocial EnterpriseClimate JusticeJust Transition
+33 more

Key demographics

IndigenousBIPOCWomen

Also in this cluster

BlackLow-IncomeFormerly IncarceratedHousing InsecureLGBTQ+AdultsEnvironmental Justice CommunitiesWorking Class
+30 more

Impact locations

22 orgs across 3 countries

  • Guam
    1 org
  • Puerto Rico
    1 org

About this cluster

Story, fundraising, and details on this overview.

Description

The Liberated Futures Fund channels patient, flexible capital into a portfolio of visionary organizations working at the intersection of housing, energy, food, health, gender, and economic justice. This report shares what that investment made possible. The 2025 Portfolio Report covers grantees and loan recipients across four thematic pillars: community ownership infrastructure, BIPOC self-determination, gender justice, and ecological stewardship. It draws on impact narratives submitted directly by portfolio organizations to document the projects unlocked, the organizations stabilized, and the communities served — from cooperative land ownership in Oakland to community-owned solar across seven states.

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Teachings

This portfolio teaches us that the nature of capital matters as much as the amount. When organizations have flexible, trust-based resources behind them, they shift from survival to strategy — responding to emergencies, weathering sudden funding gaps, and building toward long-term vision without interruption. Non-extractive lending works. Strong and in many cases 100% repayment rates across the portfolio prove that the "risk premium" historically applied to community lending is largely a myth — one that has kept Black, Indigenous, and working-class communities locked out of traditional financing for too long. Governance infrastructure is as important as program capital. Legal scaffolding, shared governance documents, and democratic membership structures are what make community assets permanently accountable to the people they serve. And community-led networks consistently outperform isolated organizations — shared commons models and multi-partner governing bodies create the resilience that no single organization can build alone.

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Member organizations (22)

TV
The Village SF1 project included23.3% of cluster need
Overall Progress$51,933,623of$104,700,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
95.2% of need$47,941,377left to raise
Loan
4.8% of need$4,825,000left to raise
BC
Birth Center Equity1 project included22.5% of cluster need
Overall Progress$10,000,000of$101,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
99.0% of need$90,000,000left to raise
Recov. grant
1.0% of need$1,000,000left to raise
H
HiiiWAV7 projects included9.7% of cluster need
Overall Progress$639,000of$43,486,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
27.8% of need$11,447,000left to raise
Equity
9.9% of need$4,300,000left to raise
Loan
62.3% of need$27,100,000left to raise
RP
REAL People's FundNo projects included7.1% of cluster need
Overall Progress$13,150,000of$32,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
68.8% of need$17,850,000left to raise
Loan
31.3% of need$1,000,000left to raise
UT
Urban Tilth3 projects included5.5% of cluster need
Overall Progress$11,597,317of$24,460,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$12,862,683left to raise
PS
People's Solar Energy Fund4 projects included5.1% of cluster need
Overall Progress$4,120,911of$22,783,500raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
69.3% of need$12,912,589left to raise
Loan
4.4% of need$0left to raise
Recov. grant
26.3% of need$5,750,000left to raise
JT
Just Transition Integrated Capital FundNo projects included4.6% of cluster need
Overall Progress$3,750,000of$20,635,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
54.3% of need$10,950,000left to raise
Equity
19.4% of need$500,000left to raise
Recov. grant
26.3% of need$5,435,000left to raise
EB
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative1 project included4.5% of cluster need
Overall Progress$4,990,000of$20,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
10.0% of need$500,000left to raise
Equity
51.0% of need$7,250,000left to raise
Loan
39.0% of need$7,260,000left to raise
MS
Movement Strategy CenterNo projects included3.8% of cluster need
Overall Progress$7,400,000of$17,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
58.8% of need$3,950,000left to raise
Loan
29.4% of need$4,900,000left to raise
Recov. grant
11.8% of need$750,000left to raise
DF
Dearfield Fund for Black WealthNo projects included2.9% of cluster need
Overall Progress$10,650,000of$13,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
23.1% of need$1,250,000left to raise
Loan
76.9% of need$1,100,000left to raise
RC
Roots Community HealthNo projects included2.7% of cluster need
Overall Progress$0of$12,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
83.3% of need$10,000,000left to raise
Recov. grant
16.7% of need$2,000,000left to raise
CC
Common Counsel Foundation1 of 3 projects included2.5% of cluster need
Overall Progress$7,250,000of$11,200,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$3,950,000left to raise
TW
Third Wave FundNo projects included1.9% of cluster need
Overall Progress$7,483,000of$8,317,500raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$834,500left to raise
OC
Orchid Capital Collective1 project included1.1% of cluster need
Overall Progress$1,050,000of$5,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
50.0% of need$1,450,000left to raise
Loan
30.0% of need$1,500,000left to raise
Recov. grant
20.0% of need$1,000,000left to raise
RR
RUNWAY Roots1 project included0.9% of cluster need
Overall Progress$1,000,000of$4,250,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
47.1% of need$1,500,000left to raise
Recov. grant
52.9% of need$1,750,000left to raise
FB
Feed Black Futures4 projects included0.4% of cluster need
Overall Progress$1,024,500of$2,000,109raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$975,609left to raise
AP
Allensworth Progressive Association1 project included0.4% of cluster need
Overall Progress$1,700,000of$2,000,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$300,000left to raise
BU
Boston Ujima Project, Inc.No projects included0.4% of cluster need
Overall Progress$1,334,000of$1,809,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$475,000left to raise
RF
Reimagine FreedomNo projects included0.3% of cluster need
Overall Progress$1,164,000of$1,500,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$336,000left to raise
CJ
Climate Justice Alliance – Our Power Loan FundNo projects included0.3% of cluster need
Overall Progress$750,000of$1,500,000raised
Overall Capital Breakdown
Grant
100.0% of need$750,000left to raise
CA
California Abunndant Birth ProjectNo projects included0% of cluster need
Overall Progress$0of$0raised
Overall Capital BreakdownNo capital information available.
DC
Downtown Crenshaw Rising (Liberty Ecosystem)No projects included0% of cluster need
Overall Progress$0of$0raised
Overall Capital BreakdownNo capital information available.