
ProsperUs has always worked hand in hand with community members to support entrepreneurs.
I grew up in Brightmoor, a Detroit neighborhood that people often talk about as lacking investment. My path toward financial stability and prosperity started in Central Africa, where I was able to build a business with support from the community and access to funding.
Now, through ProsperUs, I’m proud to help build that kind of support system for entrepreneurs in neighborhoods like the one I came from, grounded in a radical, community-rooted approach. Come along with me to learn about our proudest moments in 2024, and how ProsperUs fosters relationships, strengthens resilience, shares resources to support entrepreneurs along their journey, and cultivates a thriving community.
Flip through our 2024 Impact Report: Rooted in Community using the arrows to explore how ProsperUs invests in building community wealth.
Community & Program Partners
Central Detroit Christian CDC
Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance
D’Artillery
Detroit City Football Club
Detroit Future Ops 313
Dream of Detroit
Eastern Market Partnership
Eastside Community Network
Ford Community Center – Detroit East
Global African Business Association
Global Detroit
Grace in Action Collectives
Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp.
In the Business of Food
Leanna Hicks Public Library of Inkster
Live6 Alliance
Nation Outside
The Hayes Institute of Esthetics & Entrepreneurship
Board of Directors
Charles “Chuck” Nolen, Chair
Don Jones, Vice Chair
Steve Tobocman, Secretary
Lisa Lunsford, Treasurer
Hector Hernandez, Director
Pierre Batton, Director
Chanell Scott Contreras, Director
Major Funders
Ally Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
CDFI Fund – US Department of Treasury
Citizens Bank
Comerica Charitable Foundation
Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan
Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF USA)
Fifth Third Foundation
Ford Foundation
Ford Philanthropy
Gilbert Family Foundation
Huntington Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Max & Marjorie Fisher Foundation
Michigan Central
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Michigan Justice Fund
New Economy Initiative
PNC Foundation
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Small Business Administration
Walters Family Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
950 Selden St, Suite 330
Detroit, MI 48201
313-586-0655
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