Community wealth building groups and taxonomic categories mostly adapted from Community Wealth, with some additions from David Korten's Yes magazine and some stuff from the social enterprise,  impact investing world of SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) the conference at the intersection of money and meaning..

 

Anchor Institutions

Community development corporations (CDC's)

Community development finance institutions (CDFI's)

Community land trusts

Cooperatives (Coops)

Credit unions

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOP's)

Green economy

Makers

Individual wealth building

Individual wealth preservation

Local food systems

Municipal enterprises

New state and local policies

Reclaiming the commons

Social enterprises

Socially responsible investing/Impact investing

Seed funding

Accelerators and incubators

State and local investments

Transit oriented development

Worker coops