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DESIGN 

UMA designs impactful, cost-effective approaches and partnerships that accelerate  income and asset growth for opportunity communities 

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FUND 

UMA develops plans and proposals to secure funding, financing and investments for economic equity-focused initiatives  

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EVALUATE 

UMA conducts third-party and in-house evaluations and impact analyses to gauge whether and how equity-related initiatives meet their marks, and improve outcomes for the people and communities they were designed to serve 

ANALYZE

UMA works on three fronts to support data-driven, ambitious and innovative approaches to equity-focused policy and investment decisions:

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  • Analyzing the impact of and creating evaluative frameworks for equity policies, investments and initiatives

  • Developing analysis tools that amplify leverage points and outcomes that are key to sustained or accelerated change but that are often overlooked

  • Embracing the potential of AI to propel equity and inclusion.

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PRACTICE FIELDS

UMA specializes in solutions designed to:

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  • Amplify entrepreneurship as an engine of economic growth

  • Strengthen talent supply chains and bridge more people into the workforce of the future

  • Speed redevelopment and development of affordable spaces (housing and commercial)

  • Increase access to capital for development and business growth  

  • Harness the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence for the global Black diaspora 

  • Expand international trade relations and ecosystems 

PRODUCTS

UMA collaborates with clients to develop:

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  • Strategic and action plans 

  • Impact analysis

  • Opportunity analysis

  • Systems capacity analysis

  • Funding proposals 

  • Financing proposals

  • Investment proposals  

  • Developer agreement proposals

  • Equity-related policy proposals 

  • Policy analysis and agendas

  • Advocacy strategy and action plans 

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