The Shared Future Fund is a first-of-its-kind model in Southern Nevada that seeks to uplift the region’s most vulnerable women and children by addressing three of the most pressing social issues that prevent them from realizing their potential and leading healthy and fulfilling lives: homelessness, trauma from abuse and neglect, and immigrant integration.

The Fund aims to define a new pathway to achieve philanthropic and other funding goals by supporting a holistic, community-centered strategy that emphasizes advocacy and collective impact rather than the traditional approach of contributing financial resources to single, independent entities.

We define a fulfilling life as one that includes access to education, livable wage employment, healthcare, safety, and community connection.

Given the immense scope of the three issues in the lives of vulnerable women and children in Southern Nevada, the Fund will seek solutions that are scalable and, once tested, could be evaluated, revised as necessary, and grown to meet the extent of the problems. The Fund will also be self-sustaining to ensure that there are sufficient resources to address these issues over the long-term and not just serve as band-aid fixes to the problems.

The Fund will provide capital through investment, so it will ultimately no longer need to continue to fund raise but will generate positive, measurable, social impact while providing returns for investors. Pioneering and unique to non-profit foundations in Southern Nevada, the Fund will recycle capital through loans and equity investments and not only provide traditional grants.