Our politics and practices have been shaped by communities and organizations committed to working for racial and economic justice.
One of the ways we stay accountable to these communities is by continuously asking how to be in mutually supportive relationship with the traditions, organizations and thought leaders we are inspired by. We trace our roots to the following organizations, we move money to them annually, and they remain important parts of our network today.
Resource Generation
Kate and Tiffany met through Resource Generation (RG) in 2013, and continue to be a part of RG community by presenting workshops, sponsoring conferences and supporting conversations and resources around values aligned investing. Resource Generation is a multiracial membership community of young people (18-35) with wealth and/or class privilege committed to the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power.
Be Present
Tiffany attended her first Be Present conference in 2002, and you can read about her profound experience in her own words here. Be Present is a diverse network of people willing to risk being different with one another, our families, communities, workplaces and organizations. Be Present is committed to a process that builds personal and community well-being on the strength of self-knowledge rather than on the distress of oppression. Be Present believes that enduring progressive change begins with and is sustained by persistent personal growth, they bring to people a model for personal and organizational effectiveness which replaces silence with information, assumptions with a diversity of insights, and powerlessness with a sense of personal responsibility.
Thousand Currents
Kate connected with Thousand Currents through their work launching the Buen Vivir Fund, and later attended their Academy on decolonizing philanthropy. Thousand Currents funds grassroots groups and movements led by women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples in the Global South. They offer a beautiful model for how people in the United States can mobilize resources to support grassroots organizing in the Global South.
Movement Generation
We connected with Movement Generation through Resource Generation, and were deeply impacted by Movement Generation’s Just Transition Framework, which has guided our political analysis and vision for transitioning the economy. Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project inspires and engages in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture.
Third Wave Fund
So many of our friends and clients are queer or trans, and we are grateful for the leadership of Third Wave Fund. Third Wave Fund resources and supports youth-led Gender Justice activism to advance the political power, well-being, and self determination of communities of color and low-income communities.
Haymarket People’s Fund
When Tiffany lived in Boston, she connected with the local social justice foundation Haymarket and served on their Finance Committee. Haymarket People’s Fund is an anti-racist and multi-cultural foundation that is committed to strengthening the movement for social justice in New England.
New Economy Coalition
Kate has been connected to NEC since the beginning, starting her work in the ecosystem in 2009 at Schumacher Center for New Economics which was a part of launching NEC and she served on the board of directors from 2018-2023. New Economy Coalition (NEC) is a network of organizations imagining and building a future where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive. NEC has been a crucial network in building the solidarity economy in the U.S.
Center for Economic Democracy
Our friend Aaron Tanaka launched Center for Economic Democracy to bring together stakeholders to democratize economic power. They organize and build local coalitions, creating new models of economic democracy while working trans-locally to strengthen the broader solidarity economy movement. CED also educates and inspires community organizers to build a world beyond racial capitalism, and they move funds to frontline organizations led by working class BIPOC communities. We have been grateful for their thought leadership in building out a Social Movement Investing framework. Tiffany serves on the CED board.
Strategic Partners
We couldn’t do this work without the collaboration of close colleagues who partner with us to create the vision and actualize the values of Chordata Capital. Our strategic partners include: Nwamaka Agbo of Kataly Foundation, Jessica Norwood of RUNWAY, Nina Robinson of RUNWAY, Angie Kim of Center for Cultural Innovation, Aaron Tanaka of Center for Economic Democracy, Anthony Chang of Manzanita Capital Collective, and Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg.
