Legacy Lab: Community Wealth Building in Action

A report about building, funding, and backing Black community-rooted enterprise.

Co-Leadership: 1-Year In (Toolkit)

A Multi-racial Co-led Organization’s Guide to Sharing Power

Next City: Banking for the People

Common Future is proud to support Next City’s journalism, as they launch “Banking for the People”, an e-book showcasing innovative solutions that have been building despite the challenges of existing in our current extractive systems.

WorkFour Collaboration

Why we’ve committed to a shortened workweek and how our learnings can support your 4DW journey

Wealth Building Real Estate

Why we are betting big on investing in commercial real estate as a tool for change, and why you should too.

The Missing Middle Report

A 5-step playbook for 501(c)(3)s to close the gap between communities and decision-makers for transformative economic policy

Equitable Fundraising

We created the Equity Commitment as an open source tool to be used for this purpose. An upfront way for nonprofits to share their expectations of funders and ensure an equitable relationship for the duration of the grant or contribution.

Participatory Investing

We’ve designed a tool to help funders explore what Participatory Investing could look like within their institution.