Community development and local leadership

Updated November 3, 2026. Global Build International Foundation Inc. EIN 47-4016484.

The problem this program addresses

Projects that arrive with outside staff and leave on a grant calendar rarely change who decides. Resident leaders are asked to volunteer forever, without a cohort, a budget, or a key to the room. Shared enterprises are explained in language that sounds like an investment pitch.

Who it is for

Resident leaders and small community organizations that want a structured period of practice. A cohort is open only when an application page on this site says it is open. Until then, write to us and we will say whether a group is forming.

What the program includes

• Leadership cohorts with a published length, a syllabus, and a clear end date.
• Education on cooperatives, land trusts, and shared-ownership models. This is teaching, not an offer of securities or a promise of profit.
• Help planning shared space or basic connectivity when a project budget exists and the community controls the asset.
• A written handover point so the foundation does not remain the operator by default.

How GBI Foundation carries it out

No cohort size, graduation count, or country list is stated here. The Impact page explains what we will report and what we refuse to estimate.

Read the mission and the impact and accountability pages before you give. Both explain what the organization is, and what it will not claim.

What your support pays for

A designated gift supports facilitation, materials, meeting access, and project costs that were approved before the gift was spent. Undesignated gifts remain available for the foundation's full charitable program.

Other program areas

• Workforce development
• Crisis resilience
• Digital literacy
• Global health
• Responsible technology