RYSE Commons

Richmond, CA (2017)

RYSE Commons

Community, Community Center, Daycare and Early Childhood, Youth and Families, Youth Program

New community center expands opportunity for thousands of children in historically disinvested community.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $11,088,000
Total Project Cost: $11,088,000

IMPACT

56 FTE jobs
155 construction jobs
37,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Accion Opportunity Fund

Investor

US Bank

Voices from the Community

I went from being a very troubled child to a person that aspires to be one of the best criminal defense lawyers—someone driven by a series of injustices to pursue success, a person that youth at RYSE can look up to.

-D’Ana Clark, RYSE Youth Justice Fellow, California

Project Description

RYSE deepened its Richmond roots by raising up a new structure to better hold and amplify youth voices: RYSE Commons. The organization used NMTC financing to renovate its existing center into a 37,000+ sq. ft. campus which expanded youth programs and partnership space by 300%.