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OUR VISION
Every St. Louis neighborhood is a chosen place to live, raise children, and grow old.
Systems Transformation in a Generation
Our 20 Year Theory of Change focuses our resources and energy to build a thriving ecosystem of leaders, organizations, and neighborhoods to deliver on this vision in one generation and sunset Invest STL by 2042.
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We imagine this thriving ecosystem through the framework of people, power, place, systems. This outlook grounds much of our thinking, measuring, and movement.
We’ve transitioned from Phase 1 (laying the foundation) of our 20-Year Theory of Change to Phase 2 (rapid testing of ideas and formation of networks). During this phase, we’re shifting toward testing hypotheses and exploring new model possibilities. The guiding mindset is to take big shots, rigorously document both what is done and how it is executed, and accelerate cycles of idea testing and learning. This phase emphasizes experimentation, learning, and the continued formation and strengthening of networks to support scalable impact.
Explore + Document
Test hypothesis, model possibilities
Rapid testing of ideas and formation of networks
Check out our full organizational lifecycle here:
Our 20-Year Lifecycle
Powerful People
People have the confidence, capacity, authority, and resources to envision and create a place that is physically, economically, and emotionally worthy of being called home.
Sound Investments
Property investment is possible and advisable in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
Worthy Places
Individuals, children, and their parents feel their neighborhoods can be forever homes, worthy of their lifetime, where a well-valued life is possible and where they are offered the freedom to be great or to simply be.
Durable Infrastructure
Systems, organizations, and individuals can sustainably act in alignment with the belief that every person deserves this kind of neighborhood and that anything less is unacceptable.
