Community Opportunity Fund

“The board meets on a regular basis and votes on decisions made for the organization.”

“Governing body reviews before filed.”

“AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST”

“In order to equalize the landscape of opportunity we will work to bring the elements referred to above into existing affordable housing and mixed income communities. We will collect data to test the efficacy of a range of strategies, with the dual goals of improving the lives of the residents we serve and identifying solutions that can scale. The objectives of the corporation are to engage in the following activities: (i) to assist persons with low and moderate incomes in obtaining access to a range of health, educational, cultural, social, and other services and activities that may enhance the quality, wellbeing and opportunity of their lives and communities; (ii) to create and preserve stable communities by sponsoring, initiating, developing, financing, and/or operating a) affordable, elderly, and/or disabled housing; and b) community interventions that enhance the health, nutrition, education, economic, cultural, social service resources available to affordable, elderly, and/or disabled housing residents. (iii) to sponsor, initiate, develop, finance or operate research projects that measure the effectiveness of sponsoring affordable, elderly, and/or disabled housing and providing related social services to its residents and surrounding communities. (iv) to provide financial and technical support to those resident, not for profits, affordable housing owners, and stakeholders living and working in low-income communities who seek to achieve the foregoing purposes of the corporation; and (v) to engage in any lawful act or activity in furtherance of the foregoing, as well as other charitable activities that combat community deterioration, lessen government burden and assist in the elimination of racial prejudice and discrimination, provided such activities are not in violation, or inconsistent with, the corporation's status as a charitable and educational organization under section 501(c)(3) of the code.”

“In order to equalize the landscape of opportunity we will work to bring the elements referred to above into existing affordable housing and mixed income communities. We will collect data to test the efficacy of a range of strategies, with the dual goals of improving the lives of the residents we serve and identifying solutions that can scale. The objectives of the corporation are to engage in the following activities: (i) to assist persons with low and moderate incomes in obtaining access to a range of health, educational, cultural, social, and other services and activities that may enhance the quality, wellbeing and opportunity of their lives and communities; (ii) to create and preserve stable communities by sponsoring, initiating, developing, financing, and/or operating a) affordable, elderly, and/or disabled housing; and b) community interventions that enhance the health, nutrition, education, economic, cultural, social service resources available to affordable, elderly, and/or disabled housing residents. (iii) to sponsor, initiate, develop, finance or operate research projects that measure the effectiveness of sponsoring affordable, elderly, and/or disabled housing and providing related social services to its residents and surrounding communities. (iv) to provide financial and technical support to those resident, not for profits, affordable housing owners, and stakeholders living and working in low-income communities who seek to achieve the foregoing purposes of the corporation; and (v) to engage in any lawful act or activity in furtherance of the foregoing, as well as other charitable activities that combat community deterioration, lessen government burden and assist in the elimination of racial prejudice and discrimination, provided such activities are not in violation, or inconsistent with, the corporation's status as a charitable and educational organization under section 501(c)(3) of the code.”

“The organization has a review committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the review and selection of independent accountant.”