See the whole field ,
and move it
The network gives funders one view of the field and one place to put dollars where they work. Detroit is live. More cities are coming.
What funders are dealing with
Fragmented field
CVI organizations operate city by city with no common language, no shared data, and no coordinated entry point for funders who want to invest at scale.
Hard to measure
Violence that didn't happen is difficult to count. Funders want evidence, and most CVI organizations don't have the infrastructure to produce it.
No replication
What works in Detroit doesn't automatically work in Houston. Without a framework, every new city is starting from scratch.
What the network gives you
One entry point. Qualified organizations. Common language. Cross city data. The infrastructure CVI funding has been missing.
One entry point
Instead of sourcing and vetting organizations city by city, funders engage the network once and access the entire portfolio of qualified chapters.
Prequalified organizations
Every chapter has passed through the Power Map qualification process. The network has already done the diligence, funders can move with confidence.
Common language
The Build Peace Framework gives every chapter a shared vocabulary. Funders can compare across cities using the same framework and the same metrics.
Cross city data
As chapters report into the platform, funders see aggregate impact across the network, not just a single city's numbers but the pattern across many.
Three ways to invest
Network Level
Fund the backbone: the platform, qualification process, toolkit, and coordination infrastructure. Your investment multiplies across every chapter in the network.
Chapter Level
Fund a specific city: the organizations inside a chapter, the coordinator, the service map. Place based investment with network level accountability.
Help a Chapter Emerge
Partner with the network to help a chapter emerge in a city where you already have relationships or strategic interest. Force Detroit is the model.
Cities United backstops the network
The Emerging Leaders National Network is incubated with Cities United as fiduciary, giving funders an established, trusted institution to flow dollars through.
This is not a startup asking for trust from scratch. It is a network incubated inside an institution that has been in the field for decades.
What that means for you
Ready to put dollars where they work?
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