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2025 - 2026
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Across 15 sites, 71 portfolio investments reached 1.6 million individuals and families this past year, expanding pathways to economic mobility.
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Across 15 sites, GreenLight Fund’s locally-focused approach invests in evidence-based solutions to scale to where they are needed, delivering measurable change. Click to explore the local impact each GreenLight site is having in their communities.
Each new investment responds to a need identified by the community. Expanding to new cities and continued learning across the network means reaching more individuals and families with effective programs that create lasting change.
Scaling community-driven change
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Together, these areas help individuals and families build foundational stability and economic mobility, creating a path toward long-term prosperity.
Access to food, housing and healthcare, alongside safe and stable living conditions.
Learning opportunities from early childhood through college that support financial and social wellbeing.
Savings and financial assets that strengthen long-term stability and prosperity.
Access to well-paying jobs and pathways to economic mobility.
Access to food, housing, healthcare, and safe communities creates the stability individuals and families need to move forward. GreenLight’s investments help prevent eviction, simplify access to food assistance, make medications more affordable, and connect residents with essential support.
“It is not a great feeling to have to apply for SNAP. Unfortunately, financial problems occur, and you have to do what you can for your family. I appreciate the fact that mRelief made the application easy to understand and fill out.”
Sarah
mRelief Participant, Kansas City
From early literacy to college access, GreenLight’s investments help students build the skills and confidence to succeed in school and beyond. Programs partner with families, support educators, and provide mentoring and guidance throughout the education journey.
“My favorite part of working with Bottom Line is the support and consistency. It feels good knowing I have someone in my corner who helps me stay on track, gives me guidance, and makes the college process feel less overwhelming.”
Damar’e
Bottom Line Student, Detroit
Well-paying careers can create lasting stability for individuals and their families. GreenLight’s investments connect people with industry training, credentials, paid work experience, and support that helps them enter and advance in the workforce.
“This internship allowed me to see public health beyond the classroom, as real people, real partnerships, and real opportunities to create change. It gave me the confidence to recognize that my voice and perspective belong in this field.”
Israa
Health Career Connection Intern, Denver
A financial cushion gives families greater security and more room to plan for the future. GreenLight’s investments combine financial coaching, savings programs, affordable loans, and direct cash support to help people build credit, manage expenses, and accumulate assets.
“During our session, we explored the habits and mindset behind Ms. P’s financial decisions. Together, we created a plan to use her upcoming $2,000 state tax refund to establish her first true financial cushion: $1,000 into a high-yield savings account and $1,000 in cash.”
Jamil
Financial Coach, Compass Working Capital, Chicago
Through in-person digital skills trainings, Everyone On helps participants across generations find ways to connect.
Hopeworks participants share how technical training, paid work experience, and career support are helping young adults build skills, gain confidence, and move toward full-time employment.
Food Connect is expanding access to fresh, nutritious food while helping families build healthier eating habits and improve health outcomes through community-based partnerships.
When a local family faced rapidly deteriorating living conditions under their previous landlord, the Newark community mobilized through Housing Connector.
A Bottom Line student shares how personalized guidance through college and scholarship applications helped her build confidence, strengthen professional skills, and navigate senior year with greater support.
A father shares how therapy and coaching through Fathers’ UpLift helped him rebuild confidence, strengthen his relationship with his children, and move toward greater stability.
A financial coaching participant shares how shifting from reactive spending to intentional saving helped her begin building greater financial stability for herself and her family.
An Atlanta teacher shares how consistent literacy support through the Leading Men Fellowship helped students strengthen foundational reading skills, build confidence, and participate more fully in the classroom.
Health Career Connection builds generations of health leaders and professionals who are from and reflect the communities they serve.
With support from his mother and ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialist, Isaac developed greater attention and independence, transforming literacy activities from a source of frustration into a positive learning experience.
Charlotte youth, particularly children in communities of color, face significant mental health challenges. Mindfulness practices through Inner Explorer are helping students manage stress, build emotional resilience, and improve focus.
Jessica, a single mother, went from struggling to break into tech to becoming a top performer at Per Scholas Greater Boston.
A LEAD participant shares how consistent case management, medical advocacy, and connections to treatment helped him reach sobriety, stay engaged in care, and move into stable, supportive housing.
Reaching 1.6 million children and families this year reflects what’s possible when we scale what works to meet community-identified needs. That impact, along with ongoing learning, is core to GreenLight’s role as a national innovation network driving social and economic mobility and addressing inequities.
