Invest in urbanist ventures, improve Black public spaces.
Studio KIN provides a unique blend of capital, connections, and community in order to give entities the tools they need to thrive.
Place-based professional practices have the power to improve communities’ resilience and well-being in the over 1,036 majority-Black U.S. zip codes, but only if those planning, designing, and building public spaces reflect the surrounding communities.
Source: Kinder Institute
Program Overview
Studio KIN is designed to empower urbanist ventures fostering more equitable and inclusive urban landscapes. Our bi-annual accelerator program selected a cohort of businesses focused in our BlackSpace Cousin network (Chicago, New York City, Indianapolis and the state of Oklahoma). Through a hybrid of virtual and in-person experiences, we offer a comprehensive program designed to accelerate organizational values, operations, and product/services.
Through Studio KIN we aim to equip non-profit and other entrepreneurs with tools, mentorship, and resources to lead culturally rooted, community-driven projects. Our pilot is grounded by years of prior research and collaboration with community leaders in our Cousin cities.
