
Let's start another narrative
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NOURISHING A NEW
AND JUST FUTURELet's start another narrative.
Let's repair the damages of the past.
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NOURISHING A NEW
AND JUST FUTURELet's start another narrative.
Let's repair the damages of the past.
Down Payment Grants APPLICATIONS OPEN
Our housing justice program offers down payment grants to qualifying BIPOC first-time home-buying residents in the DC & Philadelphia areas. Awards range from $5,000 to $15,000, and grants are made multiple times per year until funds are expended.
Let's start another narrative. Let's repair the damages of the past.
And let's call it what it is.
And let's call it what it is.
reparative justice
The making of amends for a wrong one has done,
by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.
WE KNEW FROM THE START THAT TO TAKE FLIGHT, WE ALL NEED FUEL
This core value is at the heart of Flock’s birdSEED philanthropic giving initiative.
Good citizenship and bold contributions to community are part of our wing print. Our giving began 12 years ago with our time. Indeed, it was all we had to spare. We helped build playgrounds, plant gardens, serve meals, and sort clothing. We have (and still) wander the streets with trash bags and lend our spaces to those who have needed to gather, plot, and plan for a better world.
Systemic racism and discrimination creates home buying hurdles for people of color.

birdSEED Advisory Board member
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There are two words that we think best describe how we feel: grateful and affirmed. For we now know our path towards homeownership in DC is possible because of support from birdSEED.

Anthony R. Keith Jr. & Harry Christian III
Recipients of $10,000 down payment grants
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The real estate industry has played a significant role in the suppression of intergenerational wealth building for the BIPOC community. We can and must do what we can to right this wrong and create a more just and equitable future in housing.

Lisa Wise
CEO, Flock DC
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Thank you, to the birdSEED Foundation, for allowing my family and I to express our experiences with purchasing a home and providing us with funds to maximize our budgets. Please continue your growth to share wealth and provide support to Black, low income families by planting SEEDs and harvesting our communities

Tasharn Richardson
Recipient of $10,000 down payment grant
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We are proud to partner with Flock and welcome birdSEED into the Foundation family. This program comes at a time when our region, and our nation, is reckoning with its past and searching for solutions to address the history of discriminatory policies that Black and Brown folks have endured in our communities. We look forward to working with our community to grow the seed of this work to a scale that matches the disparities we see and the aspirations we share for a racially equitable and just region

Tonia Wellons
President & CEO of the GWACF