Jerry Norris

The Fledge Foundation is a community organization / Nonprofit based in Lansing, MI. <img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmQ7wTNiFomWuJ8EMwiDkEH4bnwHge4fZLwTSL1eyz9Np1"> We are raising funds to help us increase our capacity to help others acquire their basic needs, but not just with charity. We use these funds to protect our community, teach our community, and help our community thrive. We have a large diverse population who uses our services from young people experiencing gun violence, to musicians, artists, and entrepreneurs. But also the most vulnerable such as the unhoused, single mothers, and people suffering from substance use disorder. And the most oppressed and underrepresented - People of Color. We work on a model called the <a href="https://thefledge.com/alice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ALICE Threshold</a> - the threshold defines the cost for housing, healthcare, childcare, food, transportation and technology. Approximately 3 out of 5 people in our community cannot cover these costs. <img src="https://giveth.mypinata.cloud/ipfs/QmbPDePLQsCH4RcmEvDZXmXwNNmw4FsszRFdLb5ddGy4iz"> We have programs to help people increase their prosperity through entrepreneurialism and skill or competency development, while at the same time working on reducing the burden of the basic needs or our community. We have a DAO called the Fledge DAO that uses funds to help invest in our community by creating opportunities for equity in property, projects, and our future.

The Fledge Foundation is a community organization / Nonprofit based in Lansing,
MI.
We are raising funds to help us increase our capacity to help others acquire
their basic needs, but not just with charity. We use these funds to protect our
community, teach our community, and help our community t...