Overview

The Economic Opportunity Coalition is a public-private partnership with the federal government designed to align and catalyze investments in underserved communities and create wealth, with a priority placed on small business development and access to capital.

Impact Stories

• Systemic racial economic disparities hurt productivity and have cost the U.S. $22.9 trillion over the last 30 years. Allapattah, one of Miami's oldest neighborhoods, is fighting back.

• Beyond closing the racial wealth gap, our mission is to empower Black and Latino/a business owners and provide them with the direct funding and resources they need to build a legacy for themselves, their families and their communities.

• “Other lenders don’t care if I eat or lose my apartment; they just want to see my payment land in their account. JUST is different. They truly support women.”

• A small business incubator is born in a marginalized Louisville neighborhood. The goal: to create not only jobs but businesses, economic growth, mobility, entrepreneurship, and independence.

• Three jobs and he still couldn’t support his family--until he joined a worker-owned company.

• Research shows employee-owned companies tend to be more productive and profitable, while workers retire with significantly more savings.

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