Expansive experimentation Building a better way, looking at how we experiment, use data, and work together in our work. August 2021 Expansive Experimentation Building a Better Way, Looking at How We Experiment, Use Data, and Work Together in Our Work.  …

Reimagining the Capital Landscape This summer, we’re launching an $800,000 character-based lending fund that was designed, by and for underfunded BIPOC businesses and ecosystems.  July 2021 Reimagining the Capital Landscape …

Investing in Black Lives and Black Wealth Over the past month there have been several conversations about our country’s collective commitment (or lack thereof) to Black wealth and Black lives. June 2021 Investing in Black Lives and Black Wealth …

Will philanthropy let go of business as usual? History will remember those who stepped up to the plate. We need to move beyond the holiday hustle. Friends, As we look back this year, we are continu…

What do funders need to give up to achieve racial justice? Join a conversation that will interrogate how wealth-holding institutions can dismantle white supremacy and advance racial justice. John, As…

Unbroken. We refuse to be broken. Instead, we build. An activist in Charlotte, NC on May 30, 2020, following the killing of George Floyd. Photography by Clay Banks.   "While we like…

We deployed $250K in emergency funds. More is needed. Dear friends, Yesterday, Common Future committed and deployed 10% of our operating budget, $250,000, in emergency COVID-19 funding to our network of local economy leaders.  W…

Four perspectives   "My question to donors, funders, and trustees: When will you get angry enough to stop waiting?” —Rodney Foxworth, CEO at Common Future in The Need for Black Rage in Ph…

Announcing new website & 2019 lookback We have an announcement! Common Future went far and wide in 2019. Now we have a new home to tell stories from the network. Check out commonfuture.co 6 highlights from 2019.   (because we couldn't choose 5) …

Give something (up) this holiday season. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Give something (up) this holiday season. …

Are we absolving ourselves with #GivingTuesday? A case for ending the capital shuffle around Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and #GivingTuesday and starting a true “Shift Capital” movement. Do you need to give on #GivingTuesday? …

Big things in 2019. Bigger things in 2020. Reflections from CoCap and what's ahead this year for Common Future. 3 days, 260 leaders, countless conversations. Reflections from CoCap, SOCAP, and what's ahead for Common Fu…

BALLE becomes Common Future. Sharing our new brand, identity, and vision for (re)building the economy. BALLE becomes Common Future. Sharing our new brand, identity, and vision for (re)building the economy. …