Community-scale properties need substantial capital; groups pool money slowly and borrow badly; and the people best suited to this life are rarely the highest earners. Meanwhile investors who want a stable, ethical home for capital can't find vetted projects. Bridging that gap — bringing confidence to capital, and capital to conscious communities — is what this stream is about.
Between 2019 and 2021 we designed a real-estate fund for conscious community. It didn't launch — capacity, not conviction — and the thinking became something lighter: a matching point between projects seeking capital and people who want to invest. That deal-flow is now emerging, and we publish it here.
The 2019–2021 fund materials, open for anyone working on capital for community.
If you want to put capital into these kinds of spaces — investment, philanthropy, or land — we'd love to talk.
developmentalspaces [at] lifeitself [dot] org
Tell us about your community or space — the application questionnaire is a great way to structure it.
Same address — say hello