INTRODUCTION

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.

IMPACT & INSIGHTS

Flip through our 2024 Impact Report: Rooted in Community using the arrows to explore how ProsperUs invests in building community wealth.

Financials

Acknowledgements

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

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