Generated more than $7.2 million in local economic returns
Created $880,000 in additional revenue benefiting local BIPOC growers
Dispersed $509,000 in loan funds to food retailers, local growers, and distributors with a 100% repayment rate
our mission
Mandela Partners is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with local residents, family farmers, and community-based businesses to improve health, create wealth, and build assets through local food enterprises in low-income communities.
Our community model shows how we are supporting equitable development and systems change.
In Mandela Partners' video, our partner farmers, neighborhood retailers, and community leaders talk about how we're supporting an environment of health through neighborhood-led initiatives.
Our testimonials
"This process allowed for us to put ‘pen to paper’ and actually go from just hustling, to having the confidence to say ‘I own a business.’”
— LaShawn Raybon, owner of I AM Cafe and participant in The Mandela Entrepreneurs Program
