a 501(c)(3) nonprofit collective formed as a response to observed realities — economic dignity is a human right.
people already have what they need to thrive.
poverty is a design and distribution problem.
modern, easy-to-access tools, products, social enterprises, and programs that expand community wellbeing, digital access, and economic opportunity.
we experiment to learn what works and make those into blueprints and social enterprises local builders and communities can own.
every venture is tightly aligned to each of our economic dignity priorities.
1. digital opportunity — the mmaadd institute
2. community wellbeing — happy sunday co.
3. financial access and autonomy — softerbread financial coop
built on the idea that modern technology belongs everywhere.
it closes the gap between creative talent and economic means across africa, latam, and the caribbean.
the mmaadd hypothesis: talent is everywhere, access is not.
happy sunday wellbeing co is a collective of mission-aligned health brands, care givers, natural healers, wellbeing researchers and engineers, and medical professionals.
they come together to build products, platforms, and programs to accelerate access to community wellbeing.
softerbread financial softens the path from idea to earnings and ownership for under-resourced and often overlooked builders.
the platform runs entrepreneurship and residency programs.
it provides access to modern, ready-to-run, easy-to-use tech tools that help communities and builders create lasting prosperity.
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.
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.
rooted and active in regions of greatest need across africa, latam, and the caribbean… underserved diaspora communities.
by a diverse, dispersed community of thinkers, artists, doctors, scientists, and contrarian optimists.