We're Building a Movement for Economic Justice and You Can Help Fund It

Imagine a future where communities don’t wait for outside funding. Where families, faith leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizers have the financial tools to raise their own capital, invest in their neighborhoods, and build lasting wealth. That’s the future the Community Finance Academy (CFA) is creating.

📢 We’re not just teaching financial literacy—we’re building financial activists.

With your support, CFA is training a new generation of changemakers to:

✅ Launch investment crowdfunding campaigns
✅ Build community-owned real estate and affordable housing
✅ Raise capital for small businesses and green projects
✅ Advocate for financial policies that close the racial wealth gap

Why Now?

➡️ Black and Latino families hold just a fraction of the wealth of white households.
➡️ Traditional banks and lenders exclude disinvested communities.
➡️ Philanthropy is slow, restrictive, and often inequitable.
➡️ The homeownership gap is wider today than in the 1960s.

We can’t afford to wait. CFA is shifting the paradigm—empowering communities to fund their own freedom through financial activism and investment crowdfunding.

💡 What We Do

📚 Step 1: Learn

CFA delivers hands-on education through webinars, workshops, and courses such as:

Crowdfunding for Social Impact
Real Estate Crowdfunding & Affordable Housing
Financial Policy Advocacy & Inclusion
Building Community Investment Funds (CIFs)

🤝 Step 2: Organize

We train grassroots leaders with:

Fundraising Toolkits & Digital Playbooks
Crowdfunding Messaging Templates
Our signature Fundraising Ambassador Program

💸 Step 3: Fund Change

Using Reg CF and Reg A+ strategies, we help communities:

Launch legal, compliant capital campaigns
Create local investor networks
Build community-owned businesses and housing

🏛️ Step 4: Scale Impact

Through national roundtables and policy advocacy, we empower communities to:

Champion economic justice
Push for inclusive financial regulations
Scale community capital models

💬 Real Results, Real Impact

🏠 CFA-trained organizers have funded affordable housing through Reg CF campaigns.
💼 Minority-owned businesses have launched with community-backed capital.
🌿 Urban farms and solar projects have been financed by small-dollar investors.

Every dollar raised by CFA-trained leaders is a dollar that stays in the community—building ownership, equity, and pride.

Fund the Future: Empower Financial Activists

By Center for Common Ground

Fund the Future: Empower Financial Activists

Close the Racial Wealth Gap