There’s a concept of the Matthew Effect which uses math to illustrate what folks have lamented about for thousands of years – the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. Take tech for example – the rich and poor often have different problems, but because it’s more profitable to solve problems for the wealthy a disproportionate share of tech innovation focuses on solving problems for the affluent. However, it doesn’t have to be this way – and we have been blown away by the thousands of members of our community who have devoted their lives through their businesses, organizations and art to serve the underserved.

Tanya Morris

Mom Your Business serves black and brown women and the way we came to do that is because they are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurship yet the least funded but also because we heard so many stories from colleagues, Read more>>

Jari Majewksi Price

I am the founder and CEO of Feel the Beat, a Colorado-based nonprofit and dance studio. The vision for this project started back in 2016 when I met the co-founder of Feel the Beat, Julia Faliano. Read more>>

Noemi LaMotte

I began my volunteer work at a local animal shelter, recognized as one of the highest intake facilities in Los Angeles County. Right away, I became frustrated and saddened by the inherent deficiencies in the community’s attitudes toward and treatment of animals, compounded by inadequate resources, funding constraints, and bureaucratic hurdles. Read more>>

Cara Finger

My Bag My Story is a 501C3 Nonprofit and Social enterprise. We provide new awesome durable bags to children in foster care. Often times the general public does not realize that when children are removed from their home, Read more>>

Cathie Wright-Lewis

My business, Power in the Pen Writing Workshop Inc. was designed for Brownsville – one of the most underserved communities in Brooklyn, New York. Read more>>

Mayra Medina-Nunez

Since its inception, the Refugee Children Center has supported over 1200 refugee children and their families with an array of services from legal resources to medical and mental health referrals, school enrollment, food pantry and enrichment activities and other. Read more>>

Jasmine “Lady” Crisp

Yes ! Happy you asked. We do serve the underserved urban communities, that serve my black and brown people, low-income and elderly. Read more>>

Collin Quinn Rice

Acting headshots are one of the most expensive investments we make as a community of actors. These days, a good headshot can run you up to $1,000. At the same time, a large majority of our acting opportunities only pay a stipend of $500 for up to 3 months of work. Read more>>

Charlotte Littlehales

Music and music education should be accessible to all– period. When I first moved to Fallbrook with my husband in 2011, one of the first things I noticed was that this sleepy town (often called “small” though it boats a population of 40k+) had no music school. Read more>>

Alexzenia Davis

It is super wild to consider how much the poetry landscape has shifted over the course of a decade. I’m genuinely ecstatic over the increased visibility that contemporary poets have been receiving as of late. Read more>>

Lisa Toth

My book, “The Hidden Workforce,” and the company I run, Rise Staffing, both serve one of the fastest-growing, most marginalized, and underserved demographics in the world: people who live with disabilities. Read more>>

Alicia N. Migliore

I work in an urban district of beautiful black and brown students. A few years in a row, the 8th graders had a dance. The social worker team decided to give back to the students who wanted their hair and makeup done for the dance. Read more>>