THE PROSPERITY PROJECT: A NATIONAL DONOR COALITION

Let's abolish child poverty in America

THE OPPORTUNITY

In 2025, we can lift more children out of poverty—improving the lives of families in every state!

Poverty touches us all and underlies nearly all of the issues we seek to improve through philanthropy, from education to healthcare and housing. Yet our investments have fallen short—poverty rates are rising, not falling. It’s time for bold, coordinated action to bring about scaled and lasting impact.

Goodnation has launched the Prosperity Project, a donor coalition and Smartfund, to advance a key poverty solution that is tested and proven: monthly stipends delivered through the existing tax credit system. These credits support the economic self-determination of those living in poverty, putting cash in the hands of those without it and providing power, choice and dignity. By helping to bring about smart, bipartisan solutions, like an expanded federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) in 2025, we can lift the floor for families in every state.

 THE PROSPERITY PROJECT SMARTFUND

The Prosperity Project Smartfund aims to abolish poverty in America. The Smartfund maximizes philanthropic impact in support of work to advance a key poverty solution that is tested and proven: monthly cash benefits delivered through the existing tax credit system. These credits, like the federal Child Tax Credit (CTC), support the economic self-determination of those living in poverty, putting cash in the hands of those without it and providing power, choice and dignity. The Smartfund resources work to help families access cash benefits now through existing tax credits, grassroots work to lift community voices, and federal engagement to expand Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit solutions. The Smartfund is managed and monitored by Goodnation’s team with additional oversight by the Prosperity Project Committee, a group of national poverty experts, thought leaders, and individuals with lived experience.

  • ACCESS

    Low Income Taxpayer Clinics, 146 of them in 46 states, ensure low-income Americans are either boosted by tax benefits they are due or freed from onerous, incorrect liabilities that are holding them back.

  • COMMUNITY VOICE

    Community Change builds the power of low-income people across the country, especially people of color, to create a multiracial democracy and a fair economy where everyone can thrive.

  • COMMUNITY VOICE

    Poor People’s Campaign is a movement to shift the moral narrative, impact policies and elections at every level of government, and build lasting power for the 140 million poor and low-income people in our nation.

  • POLICY DESIGN

    Economic Security Project advocates for ideas that build economic power for all Americans. They are campaigning to popularize the CTC and EITC, to expand the eligibility of those programs, and make the payments monthly.

  • POLICY DESIGN

    American Policy Ventures’ research, polling and direct advocacy with policymakers in Washington is ensuring the CTC and other beneficial tax credits for families are seen and advanced as bipartisan policy solutions, helping to ensure these policies are expanded and made permanent.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Stay tuned for upcoming events. If you would like to schedule a personalized introduction to the Prosperity Project: A National Donor Coalition, please email donors@goodnation.io.

PAST EVENTS

December Donor Briefing: On the Child Tax Credit and other federal programs

December 11, 2024

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The Prosperity Project
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PO Box 198 Orrick, MO 64077

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PROSPERITY PROJECT COMMITTEE

  • Steven Choi

    Consultant, former Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition

  • Neill Coleman

    Mission Magnified, previously head of Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies

  • Sarah Cone

    Founder & Managing Partner

  • Matthew Desmond

    Author, Sociologist, Professor at Princeton University

  • Sandra Davis

    President, Donorly

  • Alice Goncalves

    Consultant, former Retention Coordinator, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow

  • Mike Roberts

    President and CEO, First Nations Development Institute

  • Spencer Robertson

    Founder, PAVE Academy

  • Liz Theoharis

    Executive Director, Kairos; Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign

  • Armando Zumaya

    Founder & Executive Director, Somos El Poder