The Issue
For too long, the decision-making processes for catalytic investments have excluded Black, Indigenous, and Latine/x people living in low-wealth, low-wealth, under-resourced communities. As a result, long standing racial disparities in access to education, employment, wealth, housing choice, and economic opportunity persist, and the systems that led to the disparities in the first place are further entrenched.
Our Goal
Trailblazing a path to close the racial wealth gap. In order to reimagine an equitable and resilient futures, PERC uses a racial and economic lens to create and activate cross-sector collaborative tables that center the voices, experiences, and expertise of Black, Indigenous, and Latine/x communities. We partner on the delivery of measurable, results-based outcomes, and the reimagination of decision-making processes for investment, implementation, and impact in housing, work-wage-wealth mobility, and infrastructure.
Research Shows:
Our MOONSHOT
By 2035, $1 Billion of unlocked investment for Black, Indigenous, Latine/x people across PERC communities in housing, work-wage-wealth mobility, and infrastructure.
Who we are
Driving change through collective action.
PERC disrupts the traditional approach to catalytic investment and provides cities with the capital, capacity-building, and power-building communications to design their own ecosystems to equitably attract, secure, and implement investments specifically focused on advancing housing, work-wage-wealth mobility, and infrastructure.
Our Approach & Model
Rooted in racial equity and partnerships.
PERC has developed a distinctive model that facilitates learning, communication, and partnership between government, communities, businesses, and philanthropy.
We partner with cities to strategically form and activate powerful cross-sector, intergenerational, and multiracial coalitions that center the voices and expertise of Black, Indigenous, and Latine/x communities, deliver measurable and results-based outcomes, and ultimately, reimagine the decision-making process for investment, implementation, and long-term impact of catalytic capital.
Our Partners
On the path to a shared vision.
Success would not be possible without the commitment, work, and investment of many cross-sector organizations, partners, and contributors who share our goal to transform systems and see tangible results.