Our Mission | Family Futures Netwo

Organization At-A-Glance

I. Vision

Family Futures Network envisions a world where Black and Brown families are holistically empowered—emotionally, economically, and spiritually—to thrive as the foundation of resilient, prosperous communities.

II. Mission

We envision a world where Black and Latino entrepreneurs thrive, families prosper, and communities flourish — where hope starts at home, and families are the future!

Our 2025–2030 strategy builds upon nearly a decade of fieldwork to expand FFN’s core partnerships and the programming we sponsor.

We bridge grassroots leadership and entrepreneurship through access, education, and wellness, equipping families and organizers with the tools to build sustainable futures. By combining behavioral wholeness with economic opportunity, FFN uplifts communities from the inside out, ensuring that hope truly starts at home.

III. The Local Partnership Model: FFN x Herb N’ Sound

In 2025, FFN proudly partnered with Herb N’ Sound to unite music, agriculture, and wellness.

FFN sponsored Herb N’ Sound’s first event at Sarvodaya Farms, an urban regenerative farm where artists, educators, and families gathered to explore the intersections of food, healing, and culture.
Their second event at the Youth Activities League (YAL) in Compton, CA, supported by FFN, celebrates youth creativity, wellness, and local entrepreneurship through Corner Market: Compton — a cultural activation rooted in collective care. For this event we are proud to have sponsored the donation of 50 ALMA Backyard Farms grocery bags full of locally sourced fresh produce.
Through this relationship, FFN continues to seed local economic access and volunteerism while building global relationships with organizations rooted in their lands.

IV. The Global Partnership Model: Reuniting of African Descendants (R.O.A.D) and What Makes You Feel Beautiful (WMYFB)

In 2020, Family Futures Network founder Buddha-Noah Alvarez
and Reuniting of African Descendants’ founder Nala Simone
Toussaint embarked on a two-month global leaders retreat,
where they met Monica Marrow, founder of
What Makes You Feel Beautiful.

Through shared learning about the land, local traditions, and
community-led healing, the three organizations built a meaningful
cross-cultural relationship that connected FFN’s mainland
mission to the Hawaiian Islands.

Their journey included a visit to Mount Haleakalā, intimate
exchanges with local educators and healers, and a profound
community meeting with Lama Gyaltsen, of The Maui Dharma
Center, in his Shala at Lahaina Family Farm. This connection
bridged global and local wisdom—uniting Maui’s tradition of
mindful living with FFN’s vision of holistic leadership.

Together, these organizations honor community stewardship.
FFN has continued to build relationships on Maui and the Big
Island through community-building trips several times a year,
cultivating a mindful bridge of holistic integration across cultures
and identities—for meaningful economic alignment over time.

V. U.S. Economic Context & Impact (2024–2025)

Despite national challenges, 2024–2025 has brought unprecedented growth among Black and Brown entrepreneurs — affirming FFN’s model of coupling family empowerment with economic access.

Key Economic Insights

Black-owned businesses now total 3.5 million, employing more than 1.2 million people, reflecting sustained growth across industries. Web sources: advocacy.sba.gov, 2024
Between 2017 and 2022, the number of majority Black-owned firms rose by 56.9 %, with gross revenues increasing from $127.9 B to $211.8 B. Web sources: pewresearch.org, 2025
SBA-backed loans to Black-owned businesses reached $1.4 B in FY 2024, representing 7.2 % of total SBA-backed financing — a major step forward in access to capital.
62 % of Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs reported positive revenue growth in 2024–2025, highlighting strong post-pandemic recovery. Web sources: ey.com, 2024
Latino-owned firms achieved an 18.9 % increase in revenue and 14.1 % increase in employment between 2021–2022, signaling continued expansion and resilience. Web sources: brookings.edu, 2024

VI. The Behavioral Wholeness Model

The Behavioral Wholeness Model for Holistic Communication remains at the heart of FFN’s theory of change.

This 7-step restorative framework — Find the Time, Find the Space, Find the Capacity, Find the Feelings, Find the Words, Find Common Ground, Focus Forward — is designed to guide families through conflict toward communication, balance, and emotional restoration.

VII. Fiscal Programs at a Glance (2020 - 2025)

Family Entrepreneurship Grants — Funds for family-owned start-ups and expansions.
Creative Entrepreneurship Endowments — Mentorship-based grants helping artists and cultural innovators complete projects and secure opportunities for residency, further endorsement, and/or employment.
Community Rent & Utilities Stipends — Emergency cash donations covering up to 80 % of essential household expenses during hardship.
Monthly Sponsorships — Monthly payments that support the needs of an at-opportunity student pursuing higher education in a mentor's industry.
Holistic Leadership Retreats — Individual and group leadership and cultural bridge-building experiences for exceptional BIPOC leaders under 35 with a clear track record of organizing, educating, and facilitating across the U.S. and internationally and contributing to direct community initiatives.

VIII. Our Guiding Principles

Holistic Empowerment: Healing and prosperity must develop together.
Intergenerational Equity: Real change begins with listening — to children, elders, and everyone in between.
Economic Self-Determination: Access to resources is a right, not a privilege.
Restorative Communication: Before systems intervene, families must be empowered to self-heal.
Global Solidarity: Black, Brown, and Indigenous futures are interwoven threads in humanity’s shared fabric.