Family Centered
Community Transformation
In 2018, Charlotte ranked 50th out of 50 large U.S. cities for economic mobility.
It was an important moment for our community. It meant that those who are born into poverty in Charlotte are likely to stay in poverty throughout their lives. And for a group of local business and faith leaders, it signaled a call to action.
Together, they founded Freedom Communities not simply to address basic needs; but to disrupt the cycle of intergenerational poverty; to serve neighbors in a holistic way; to provide the opportunity for people and families to thrive; and to support the process of human transformation.
Place Based
Our work is focused in West Charlotte, along the Freedom Drive Corridor.
Key Focus Areas
Our tagline is “family-centered community transformation”. We invest simultaneously in families and in infrastructure in the Freedom Drive Corridor so that as families transform, their community does, too
Our Philosophy
At Freedom Communities, we take a holistic and family-centered approach to community transformation. We look at a community through the lens of the entire ecosystem; we take the history, people and needs of the entire community into account.
