501(c)(3) nonprofit venture platform

economic dignity is a human right.

the birthright project is a nonprofit that designs tools, programs, and ventures to accelerate digital opportunity, strengthen community wellbeing, and expand financial autonomy for under-resourced communities.

what we build

birthright labs builds mission focused venture platforms.

modern, easy-to-access tools, products, social enterprises, and programs across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

we prove models that work and make them into blueprints and enterprises local builders and communities can own.

priorityventure platform
digital opportunity the mmaadd institute
community wellbeing happy sunday wellbeing co.
financial access and autonomy softerbread financial coop
how it’s going
the three platforms

one platform per priority.

the mmaadd institute
digital opportunity

the modern media, ai, animation, digital design institute — closing the gap between creative talent and economic means across africa, latam, and the caribbean.

happy sunday wellbeing collective
community wellbeing

a collective of mission-aligned health brands, care givers, natural healers, and medical professionals building products and programs that accelerate access to community wellbeing.

softerbread financial cooperative
financial autonomy

softens the path from idea to earnings and ownership for under-resourced builders, with entrepreneurship programs and ready-to-run tech tools.

what we build

how we build

through market pilots, we discover and distribute what works — blueprints, applications, processes, tools — to the builders and communities that need them most, freely, through our on-the-ground network, groundwork.

our network

groundwork is embedded in the communities we support

groundwork is a distributed network of local builders, fellows, and partners who live and understand the needs and nuances of each community intimately.
it connects them with the builders and thinkers who will take the work forward and own it.

our people

the birthright collective was seeded in 2025

by a diverse, dispersed community of thinkers, artists, doctors, scientists, and contrarian optimists.

AE
alysha english
california
A+B
aria + bash
london
BP
ben perkins
monrovia
AB
ashley b chevalier
santo domingo
BA
bimpe ayeni
toronto
EO
earl osuagwu
houston
EY
eric yeh
california
FM
femi munis
atlanta
GS
gbenga sanni
lagos
JS
jay soon
california
JA
jjanet achieng
nairobi
KC
karem coronel
new york
KN
kj nakamura
lagos / japan
MB
max banjo
mexico city
MN
mel nasser
scranton
NS
neeraj sharma
new york
OH
ola heavens
abuja
SH
sable hardy
mombasa
SR
sheila diba
atlanta
SF
simone floyd
johannesburg
TO
tolu odunuga
houston
UE
u/y edebiri
singapore
YO
yinka omolade
calgary
AE
alysha english
california
A+B
aria + bash
london
BP
ben perkins
monrovia
AB
ashley b chevalier
santo domingo
BA
bimpe ayeni
toronto
EO
earl osuagwu
houston
EY
eric yeh
california
FM
femi munis
atlanta
GS
gbenga sanni
lagos
JS
jay soon
california
JA
jjanet achieng
nairobi
KC
karem coronel
new york
KN
kj nakamura
lagos / japan
MB
max banjo
mexico city
MN
mel nasser
scranton
NS
neeraj sharma
new york
OH
ola heavens
abuja
SH
sable hardy
mombasa
SR
sheila diba
atlanta
SF
simone floyd
johannesburg
TO
tolu odunuga
houston
UE
u/y edebiri
singapore
YO
yinka omolade
calgary