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Check out our Research on Black and Hispanic Developers covered by The New York Times!

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A social-impact consulting group, Grove Collective Foundation draws on its teams of experienced social entrepreneurs to help CEOs accelerate their sector-changing ideas. 

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Not traditional consulting, which architects and advises, Grove makes solutions move, because our social change pioneers have launched winning initiatives before. Not incubation, which supports stand-alone start-ups, Grove helps the leaders of powerhouse organizations leverage their platforms.

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Obsidian Catalyst Fund

Increase capital flow to impact-focused Black and brown developers

 

Design and raise a $100M real estate fund that unlocks the value of scale-ready, Black and brown Developers who know how to identify, navigate, and develop projects in high-growth urban communities

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INNOVATOR: Bo Menkiti

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GROVE PARTNER: Derwin Sisnett

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State Partnerships for College Access 

Scale college access impact through state delivery channels

 

Package and distribute state-wide training for high school teachers and counselors in holistic, equity-focused college access

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INNOVATOR: Melissa Connelly

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GROVE PARTNER: J.B. Schramm

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University of Michigan Innovation

Collaboration with academic leadership and philanthropic partners driving impact

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Helping the university’s philanthropic partners and faculty innovators co-create and fuel solutions to the biggest challenges facing Michigan and the globe

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INNOVATOR: Tom Baird

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GROVE PARTNER: Jill Vialet

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Postsecondary Persistence

Combine impact and scale via bot technology 

 

Building on Bottom Line’s unsurpassed evidence base for postsecondary access and completion, test AI-driven tools to increase efficiency and scale

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INNOVATOR: Steve Colón

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GROVE PARTNER: Jim McCorkell 

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Obsidian Ecosystem Initiative

Black and brown real estate developers seed multidimensional infrastructure

 

Connects the nation’s top emerging Black and brown real estate developers with education, workforce and infrastructure innovators to produce breakthrough neighborhood-level social and economic mobility outcomes

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INNOVATOR: Joshua Elder

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GROVE PARTNER: Derwin Sisnett

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Inclusive Computing

Interdisciplinary Computing Degrees to Broaden Participation in Computing 
 

 Develop strategy for systemic adoption of evidence-based practices for attracting and retaining women and students from races/ethnicities historically marginalized in computing

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INNOVATOR: Carla Brodley 

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GROVE PARTNER: Kinney Zalesne 

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Career Pathway and Postsecondary Guidance

Expand high schools’ career pathway and college guidance capacity

 

Novel approach for expanding work-based learning opportunities for students and college and career pathway guidance supports in under-resourced schools

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INNOVATOR: Gary Linnen

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GROVE PARTNER: Karin Goldmark

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