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Innovation Works
creatively and collaboratively connects neighborhoods, entrepreneurs, social innovation assets, and investors to build sustainable neighborhood economies in Baltimore.
Our Mission
is to reduce Baltimore’s neighborhood and racial wealth divide by supporting and accompanying leaders of social enterprises working to create sustainable neighborhood economies.
Our Values
HEROIC VISION // Each person, no matter their circumstance, has untapped leadership potential
EXCELLENCE // Baltimore’s entrepreneurs can create grassroots, national models of quality, livable, urban community solutions
DIGNITY // Work is fundamental to the dignity of the person
INCLUSION // We meet community members where they are FOR THE GREATER GOOD // We encourage social entrepreneurs to see opportunity as more than about income
Welcome
We recognize that our mission—to reduce Baltimore’s neighborhood and racial wealth divide—is ambitious, and we have repeatedly returned to the question, “Where do we go from here, and how do we get there sustainably?” We have outgrown many of the systems built in our scrappy early days. We have placed a stronger emphasis on creating a more stable foundation for the longevity of our mission and the broader benefit of our stakeholders.
IW’s first four years were spent experimenting, adapting, and learning what it would take for us to achieve our mission. We supported economic sectors poised for inclusive growth through our Strategic Initiatives, navigated the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and grew our team from four full-time employees to 10. We executed 10 structured programs and engaged with 350+ social entrepreneurs in Baltimore. Through all of this, we have begun to build a recognizable presence in Baltimore’s historically disinvested communities as a place for social entrepreneurs to find the support they need to execute their missions.
Through the execution of our early launch plan, we have confirmed a few things: 1) the concept of social enterprise is widely embraced in communities across Baltimore, and we have an opportunity to help shape the field with justice and sustainability in mind; 2) access to creative, flexible, and mission-oriented capital is critical to the future of Baltimore’s
economy; and 3) as impact investing and mission-based lending continue to grow in Baltimore, we can build systems that will begin with our most vital asset in mind— the talented people on every corner.
As we enter our fifth year and look expectantly into the future, we are applying the lessons learned and planning for our ongoing growth. We are developing a more comprehensive social impact model that accurately maps to our long-term goals while building out our operational systems to improve efficiency, maximize collaboration, and meaningfully aggregate data to better guide our growth. We are also in the midst of a crucial strategic planning process that will help us thoughtfully outline our path forward as an organization.
As you peruse this annual report, we hope you find inspiration, transparency, and hope in its contents: inspiration in the stories of the members of our community, transparency about the path we have taken to reach this point in IW’s journey, and hope for all that the future holds for IW, our stakeholders, and Baltimore City.
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With gratitude,
Jay Nwachu Dan Rizzo President & CEO Board ChairThis year marked our fourth year of operations here at Innovation Works (IW) and we gained valuable perspective on how we can ensure ongoing sustainability and growth well into the future by making a tangible, tactical shift in objectives and priorities.
WEST BALTIMORE
Community Partner: No Boundaries Coalition; Social Enterprises: Parity, Black Arts District, The VPI Firm, Fight Blight Bmore
SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE
Community Partners: West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation & Southwest Partnership; Social Enterprises: Safe Alternative Foundation for Education, MOMCares, GRASS Baltimore, Lifting Labels, WhitePaws RunMitts
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TOP 10 NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH OUR SE’s HAVE AN IMPACT
(1) Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park; (2) Upton/Druid Heights;
(3) Penn North/Reservoir Hill; (4) Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop;
(5) Greater Mondawmin; (6) Edmondson Village;
(7) Greater Charles Village/Barclay; (8) Southwest Baltimore;
(9) Mount Washington/Cold Spring; (10) Belair-Edison
FARMS INVOLVED IN IW’S NATURE’S COLORS INITIATIVES
Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm (plantationparkheights.com)
Parks & People Foundation (parksandpeople.org)
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Strength to Love II (s2l2.intersectionofchange.org)
Whitelock Community Farm (whitelockfarm.org)
Farm Alliance (farmalliancebaltimore.org)
Community Partner: Rebuild Johnston Square; Social Enterprises: Blue Light Junction, Oyin Handmade, Black Acres Roastery, Keppel & Kismet, Global Air Drone Academy
The Greener Garden (www.facebook.com/thegreenergarden)
Bliss Meadows (backyardbasecamp.org/bliss-meadows) Future
The Innovation Works Model
The work of Innovation Works is best understood within the context of Baltimore City. Decades of redlining and racially motivated policies have left many predominantly Black neighborhoods in Baltimore lacking adequate resources and investment to provide support for their community members. Social entrepreneurship is one way to address such challenges.
The IW Model concentrates our work in three strategic focus areas that build on Baltimore’s existing strengths and address the challenges facing the city through resource allocation and local social enterprises. The map to the left showcases three focus neighborhoods of our Neighborhood Strategy and the social enterprises and partner organizations within each, the top ten neighborhoods in which our social entrepreneurs have an impact, as well as urban farms we partner with through our Strategic Initiatives.
Neighborhood Strategy Strategic Initiatives
IW’s Neighborhood Strategy delivers social enterprise programming at the neighborhood level with the understanding that meaningful, trusting relationships with community members are needed to fulfill our mission.
IW’s Strategic Initiatives’ goal is to take a macro look at economic sectors with unique assets in Baltimore to aggregate our efforts in supporting Baltimore’s disinvested neighborhoods and entrepreneurs using the City’s existing strengths.
Social Enterprise Development
With IW’s 5-stage Enterprise Development Pipeline, we meet social entrepreneurs and their enterprises where they are and support them through the full life cycle of the entrepreneurship journey.
Neighborhood Strategy
Partnering with local community anchors and delivering social enterprise support resources that ignite and develop local interest and capacity to transform neighborhood economies.
IW’S NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGY
is what equips us to fulfill the neighborhood component of our mission by ensuring the economies we help build are rooted in community. To do this, we must be present and develop meaningful, engaging, and productive relationships with all community members.
Through relationships with trusted community anchors, IW is able to identify the unique strengths and challenges within each neighborhood in order to best support the community members through the creation of social enterprises. We know that entrepreneurs present in a variety of different ways and having a presence in each target neighborhood is the best way to ensure we are finding the entrepreneurs making a difference in their communities.
Centering West Baltimore
All focused on reversing the effects of systemic racism in West Baltimore, the following three social enterprises are an example of the importance of community-driven, entrepreneurial solutions to the problems facing Baltimore’s historically disinvested neighborhoods. Though they share a similar vision for West Baltimore, each brings a unique model and perspective, creating an abundance of opportunities for place-based solutions to challenges facing the broader community.
FIGHT BLIGHT BMORE
Fight Blight Bmore is an economic, environmental, and social justice initiative led by the community and informed by data to address the issue of blight caused by systemic racism, including disinvestment and depopulation, in Baltimore’s historically Black neighborhoods.
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“If only the political, investment, and philanthropic communities would fund and execute the required disparity studies—and follow the leadership of BIPOC communities toward harm reduction and repair—Baltimore could become a powerful example to other American cities.”
— Nneka N’namdi, Founder & COOENGAGEMENT WITH IW
Spring 2021: Joined IW Pipeline
Ongoing: Neighborhood Strategy Thought Partner
Learn more at www.fightblightbmore.com
BNIA COMMUNITY GUIDEPOST
Created in partnership with the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA), the Community Guidepost is an online resource designed to equip anyone interested in Baltimore with relevant and accurate data to help them make informed decisions in their communities. Originally launched in 2020, we refocused our efforts this year into maximizing the reach and effectiveness of this resource. Scan the QR code to learn more about the Guidepost, use it for yourself, and provide feedback on how we can continue to improve it.
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THE VPI FIRM
The VPI Firm is a process and strategy design firm focused on helping social impact initiatives and community-based organizations reach their full potential through three core focus areas: (1) community and real estate development; (2) entrepreneurship; and (3) social impact initiatives.
“We are addressing the problem of gaps in transformational community development through an interdisciplinary approach to complex challenges. Most people fear discomfort and ‘getting it wrong’, thinking we have to know HOW to achieve success and what it will look like. The truth is, when we’re pivoting from the status quo and creating new possibilities, the ‘how’ changes and the destination gets more refined over time. Part of the exploration and transformation is not knowing. Scary!”
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ENGAGEMENT WITH IW
Fall 2020: IW+MC Boost
Winter 2021: Volunteered on IW hiring panel
Summer 2022: Joined IC Investment Committee
Learn more at www.thevpifirm.com
PARITY
Parity is an equitable development company in West Baltimore that acquires and rehabilitates abandoned properties by the block to create affordable homeownership opportunities.
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“Although we have many goals at Parity, our most foundational focus is to increase Black homeownership in the City of Baltimore— specifically in communities that have suffered the historical trauma inherent in segregation and forced uprooting of Black people. If we succeed in our mission, then we are affirming the fact that our neighborhoods—and the people in them—hold great value and are deserving of a quality of life we’d all hope to experience.”
— Bree Jones, Founder & CEOENGAGEMENT WITH IW
Spring 2020: IW+MC Accelerator
Fall 2020: Received Ignite Capital (IC) Funding
Spring 2022: Joined IC Board and became IC Investment Committee Chair
Learn more at www.parityhomes.com
Strategic Initiatives
Pursuing initiatives that accelerate innovation and growth across Baltimore.
IW’S STRATEGIC INITIATIVES’ GOAL is to take a macro look at opportunities in Baltimore to aggregate our efforts in supporting Baltimore’s disinvested neighborhoods and entrepreneurs. Through our existing Strategic Initiatives, we have focused on particular economic sectors where Baltimore has unique assets that could help increase economic activity, create new livable wage jobs, and generate new social enterprises led by people of color. These sectors have included food, manufacturing, urban wood, and urban farming.
Centering Urban Farming
The urban farming sector in Baltimore has a variety of existing strengths making it a clear economic asset for the City—whether it’s the array of existing farms, the vacant lots ready for new gardens to be planted, or the knowledgeable and dedicated farmers working in the industry every day. The urban farming community is vibrant, but the challenges have always been receiving equitable access to resources, maintaining a consistent level of growth and production to sustain a living wage for farmers, as well as securing contracts with buyers.
In applying IW’s Strategic Initiative model to Baltimore’s urban farming sector, we are utilizing the existing assets in the city by tapping into resources across the value chain to find ways to increase efficiencies,
reduce costs, elevate sales and marketing strategies, and develop models for sustainable compensation.
In partnership with members of Baltimore’s urban farming community and Blue Light Junction, a local natural dye processing studio, IW launched the Nature’s Colors Initiative (NCI) in 2020. The goal
of NCI is to maximize the natural dye resources in Baltimore with a focus on economic development and job creation in economically distressed communities. This year was NCI’s second farming season which engaged 21 local farmers and utilized approximately 6,500 square feet of land across 7 urban farms in Baltimore City.
ACRES4CHANGE
Acres4Change is growing the number of urban farms and farmers in Baltimore City by assisting with land security and providing the necessary resources for beginner farmers to succeed. Their Stewardship Program provides support for members to develop their farming and business skills so that they can thrive and improve quality of life and well-being for themselves and their communities.
“We employ a streamlined method to promote racial justice, build coalitions, and generate income through urban farming. We want to build a collaborative farming community that will expand healthy food access and improve soil and environmental conditions to ensure resilient and healthy communities.”
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ENGAGEMENT WITH IW
Spring 2021: IW+MC Boost
Learn more at www.acres4change.org
“This project allows us the opportunity to connect deeper to the richness of plant technologies, food, color, and medicine,” said Kenya Miles, owner of Blue Light Junction and a farmer at Parks and People.
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While the first two farming seasons have focused on testing the feasibility of growing and processing natural dye plants in an urban context, future goals of the NCI are to use data and insights from the two growing seasons to develop an economic and impact model to test for sustainability and work alongside the stakeholders to determine a path for future growth.
Nature’s Colors Initiative
CAPITAL DEPLOYED
$$61K 61K
for farm labor
$$19K 19K
for farm land
$$5K 5K
for other expenses
PLANTS GROWN
8 species 8 species
800 lbs 800 lbs
Social Enterprise Development
Supporting social entrepreneurs in growing their enterprise from idea to scale.
MAKING RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE to minority-led social enterprises is vital to the economic progress of Baltimore City neighborhoods and the overall well-being of the city. In order to make access to resources more equitable, we meet social
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entrepreneurs (SEs) where they are and accompany them through the full life cycle of the entrepreneurship journey with our 5-stage Enterprise Development Pipeline (below), allowing leaders to come into the development cycle at any stage.
SNAPSHOT OF IW’S SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
RACIAL BREAKDOWN
87% 87% Black-led enterprises
TOP
66%
GENDER BREAKDOWN led by women and gender nonconforming
PIPELINE BREAKDOWN
182 182 active SEs in the pipeline
59 59 new SEs since FY21
375 375
cumulative SEs served since IW’s launch in 2017
LIFTING LABELS
Lifting Labels creates sustainable employment opportunities for Baltimore’s returning citizens through the manufacturing and production of custom ceremonial apparel, such as clergy, choral, and judicial robes.
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“We are impacting people who tend to be underserved. We are creating paths to a better quality of life. Without Innovation Works and Ignite Capital, we wouldn’t even be in business. They have been there since day one.”
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ENGAGEMENT WITH IW
Summer 2019: IW+MC Boost
Spring 2020: IW+MC Accelerator
Summer 2020: IW+IC Social Enterprise Showcase
Fall 2020: Recipient of initial IC funding
Spring 2021: Recipient of additional IC funding
Learn more at www.liftinglabels.org
AMANI NICOL WELLNESS
Amani Nicol Wellness is a holistic wellness spa integrating self-care therapy and evidence-based health education to help women at risk of or diagnosed with a chronic illness.
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“I honestly did not know my business was a social enterprise until I was accepted into Boost. Understanding what it means to be a social enterprise helped me to see leverage in the health and wellness space. It also helped me to see the value of data and metrics to prove and scale our impact.”
— Nik Sweeney, FounderENGAGEMENT WITH IW
Fall 2021: IW+MC Boost
Spring 2022: IW+MC Accelerator
Summer 2022: IW+IC Social Enterprise Showcase
Fall 2022: Recipient of IC funding
Learn more at www.amaninicol.com
Social Enterprise Programs
Providing social enterprise leaders with programs designed to boost business fundamentals, strategic thinking, and growth strategies.
INNOVATION WORKS PROVIDES social enterprises with curriculum developed with the help of our partners at the Miller Center (MC) for Social Entrepreneurship. Programs support SEs in the later stages of the pipeline with enterprise development curriculum in the form of structured modules, a timeline with concrete deliverables, and a cohort of SEs and mentors to work alongside.
SEs in all stages of the pipeline are also able to receive asynchronous curriculum support that addresses the challenges facing their enterprise.
In FY22, 26 social enterprises and 12 mentors were involved with the Boost program, while 24 social enterprises and 17 mentors were involved in our Accelerator programs.
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE METRICS*
120K+ 120K+ lives directly impacted
75% 75% provide access to educational and professional development opportunities for their employees
65% 65%
maintain frequent contact with an IW Mentor
58% 58% use their home as a primary base of operations
74% 74% desire to expand their working space
*as reported through the FY22 Social Enterprise Survey
5 INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED BY IW MENTORS
Mentor Network
A diverse group of accomplished leaders volunteering their time by providing hands-on support to aspiring and established social enterprise leaders across the city of Baltimore.
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SNAPSHOT OF IW’S MENTORS (FY22)
2,426 2,426
total active mentors
BILL BRUNS
24 24 mentor hours volunteered
88 88 new mentors since FY21
Bill Bruns is the COO and Partner at Berman McAleer and has been an IW Mentor since 2020, participating in IW’s Boost and Accelerator programs. Most recently, he has been a long-term mentor to Ana Rodney, founder of MOMCares.
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“My relationship with IW, MOMCares, and Ana have changed my life… I feel as if I am doing something to help the Baltimore com-
50% 50% of mentors have participated in a structured program
TINA WILLIAMS
Tina is the Owner and President at TCecure and has been an IW Mentor since 2019. This year she worked closely with Chester France of Lifting Labels as a dedicated enterprise mentor and board member.
“Chester’s idea to help returning citizens earn wages that are at least market rate while leveraging the skills and experience
Ignite Capital
IW’s subsidiary social impact fund that invests in Baltimore’s historically underserved entrepreneurs.
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IGNITE CAPITAL IS A UNIQUE solution that boldly addresses the critical gap in access to capital necessary to lead and grow sustainable enterprises. By design, Ignite Capital (IC) intentionally supports entrepreneurs based in and/or serving Baltimore’s economically distressed communities, connecting them to the resources required to spur economic activity and rebuild their
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1.1M
1.9M
neighborhood economies through social entrepreneurship.
IW works together with Ignite Capital to provide support and education to these entrepreneurs and strengthen their impact in their communities. Entrepreneurs receive an initial impact assessment that will help them develop short- and long-term social impact goals for
$$794K 794K
610K
their business and periodically measure the business’s performance in achieving its social impact goals throughout the term of the Ignite Capital loan. In addition to access to IC funding, investment-ready entrepreneurs have the opportunity to present their pitches to potential co-investors at the annual Social Enterprise Showcase.
89K
Investment Portfolio Enterprises*
Amani Nicol Wellness Health & Wellness
Baltimore Read Aloud Arts & Culture, Early Childhood Education
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Girl in Space Club STEM Education
Imagine Me Ministries Youth Development
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Parity
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Adult Workforce Development, Real Estate Development
SewLab USA
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Apparel, Manufacturing
Black Acres Roastery Adult Workforce Development , Manufacturing, Retail
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Jazmine Kionna Apparel, Manufacturing
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Blue Light Junction Manufacturing, Urban Farming
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Learning How, Inc. Early Childhood Education
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SpreadKarma Fundraising Technology
Stem & Vine Horticulture, STEM Education
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Clymb Educational Technology, Youth Development
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Lifting Labels
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Adult Workforce Development, Manufacturing, Returning Citizens
The Urban Oyster Food Access, Manufacturing
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Meat the Mushroom Food Access, Manufacturing
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WhitePaws RunMitts Apparel, Manufacturing
* Not including microgrant recipients
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Donors & Contributors
We express our deep appreciation and thanks to the organizations and individuals who support IW, Ignite Capital, and our social enterprises.
Corporations
Berman McAleer Foundation for Education and Economic Development
Communications Electronics
FNB Community Foundation
Good Green
Howard Bank
Jordan Brand, a division of Nike, Inc.
M&T Charitable Foundation
PNC Foundation
REEA Global
The SAGE Foundation
Institutions
Baltimore Development Corporation
Loyola University Maryland
USA East Province of the Jesuits
Foundations
The Abell Foundation
Bunting Family Foundation
Goldseker Foundation
The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Transparent Fish/Chao Foundation
West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation
Individual/Family Offices
4K Foundation
Andy Russem
Anonymous
Anthony Day
Baltimore Homecoming
Baltimore Tiger21 Group
Bill Cole
Bill Heiser
Earl & Darielle Linehan
Eileen O’Rourke
Elbow Fund
Fr. Bill Watters, SJ
Frank & Carolyn Knott
Jacqueline Caldwell
Janet & Dixon Harvey
Jim & Mimi Piper
Jim & Sandy Smith
John Ciccone
John Springer
The LeAnn and Stuart Tobin Kindness Fund
M. Sigmund and Barbara K. Shapiro
Philanthropic Fund
Manus Christi Charitable Foundation
Matthew Seward
The Murray Dalziel & Elizabeth Rogers Family Fund
Nick Napolitano
Nkenge Yasin
Pamela Roussos
Sabrina Depestre
The Scott B. and Kimberly L. David Family Fund
Senator Frank & Janet Kelly
Tom & Rosemary Peddicord, Jr.
The Trevelyan Family
The Wiese Family Charitable Fund
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“Three years ago, we and other founding funders provided seed funding to launch Innovation Works as a unique approach to develop locally owned sustainable social enterprises in Baltimore’s most marginalized neighborhoods. Results have been well beyond our expectations. We recently increased our funding of Innovation Works to build on its early successes.
We are hopeful that other local funders and investors will help this proven model grow its impact on more social entrepreneurs and neighborhoods.”
— George L. Bunting, Founder of the Bunting Family FoundationStaff & Leadership
Innovation Works Staff
SHELLEY BROSIUS
Development Consultant
MARINA BUTLER
Manager, Strategic Initiatives
HANNAH CORRELLI Manager, Experience Design
MADI DUFFY
Manager, Marketing & Communications
KELSEY JONES
Manager, Enterprise Development, Programs
JAY NWACHU
CEO & President
LAMONTRE RANDALL
Manager, Neighborhood Strategy
SALLY RATRIE
Director, Operations & Culture
KRIS REYNOLDS
Executive Assistant
JOHN SPRINGER
Manager, Mentor Network
DAN STOKES
Manager, Enterprise Development, Pipeline Innovation Works Board Members
JACQUELINE CALDWELL
President, Whittier-Monroe Community Neighborhood Association
JOHN CICCONE
Governance Chair
President, St. Ignatius Loyola Academy
BILL COLE
Partner, Margrave Strategies
ANTHONY DAY
President & Head of School, Loyola Blakefield
SABRINA DEPESTRE
Director of Marketing & Recruitment, MICA
BILL HEISER, PHD
President, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
FRANK KNOTT
Fundraising Chair
Founder, Innovation Works
Founder & President, ViTAL Economy Co-Founder, Weaving Impact
NICK NAPOLITANO Finance Chair Director of Social Ministries, Jesuits USA East Provinces
JIM PETERSON
VP of Business Banking Relationship Manager, M&T Bank
DAN RIZZO Board Chair Innovation Fellow, Inovalon
TINA RODRIGUEZ
Vice Chair
CFO, General Counsel, & Founder, SAGE Dining Services
PAMELA ROUSSOS
Senior Advisor, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
CEO & Co-Founder, Weaving Impact
TERRENCE M. SAWYER, JD President, Loyola University Maryland
NKENGE YASIN
Founder & Child Development Specialist, Learning How!, Inc.
Ignite Capital Staff
GREGORY HUNTER Fund Coordinator
JAY NWACHU President
Ignite Capital Board Members
PATTI CHANDLER Board Chair Finance & IT Consultant
MURRAY DALZIEL
Dean, University of Baltimore School of Business
BREE JONES
Founder, Parity
FR. RICHARD MCGOWAN
Treasurer, Jesuits USA East Provinces
JAY NWACHU
President, Ignite Capital CEO & President, Innovation Works
DAN RIZZO
Board Chair, Innovation Works
Innovation Fellow, Inovalon
MARY ANN SCULLY
Dean, Loyola School of Business & Management
Ignite Capital Investment Committee
CANDACE CHANCE
Founder & CEO, The VPI Firm
PATTI CHANDLER
Finance & IT Consultant
BONNIE CROCKETT
Director of Small Business Lending, Baltimore Community Lending
BREE JONES Committee Chair
Founder, Parity
JAY NWACHU
President, Ignite Capital CEO & President, Innovation Works
DAN RIZZO
Board Chair, Innovation Works
Innovation Fellow, Inovalon
CHRIS GRANT
Partner, Yoke Management Partners
KEN MALONE
Co-Founder, Early Charm Ventures
CHRIS WARMAN
Program Officer, Baltimore Community Foundation
MAGGIE VILLEGAS
Executive Director, Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network
Financials
As of and for the period ended June 30, 2022
Statement of Financial Position
Statement of Activities
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Moving Forward
Building on the successes of FY22, we are looking forward to expanding our impact within Baltimore City through all of our programmatic areas in FY23. We also look forward to these three milestones in the evolution of Innovation Works and Ignite Capital.
Celebrating 5 Years
While IW was founded in 2017, we began public facing engagements in 2018 and launched our programming in 2019. In FY23, we look forward to celebrating our five year anniversary as an organization with reflection, celebration, and planning for our next five years and beyond.
Office Move & Expansion
The IW team is excited to be moving into our new home in Southwest Baltimore in the spring of 2023. We are relocating in an effort to be closer to many of our entrepreneurs who serve that area, and to pursue opportunities to partner with local organizations doing place-based work in the community.
Strategic Planning
Our strategic planning process kicked off in the fall of this year with the assembly of an advisory group representing all of our closest stakeholders to help us reflect on the last four years and discern what the journey ahead looks like. We hope to have a completed plan by June 2023 and look forward to sharing it with our community upon its completion.
Please join us in working collectively towards a thriving Baltimore! We appreciate your continued support.
Learn more about how you can support our work at www.iwbmore.org/join-us.
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