Cultivar Foundation
Policy creates access. Cultivar creates participation.
Cultivar Foundation is the charitable arm of Cultivar Communities. We work across the country so that a child's account does not just get opened. It gets used.
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Trump Accounts are here. Now families need more than a deposit slip.
By Arellana Barela Levenson and Frank Arce, Ed.D. — Chicago Tribune
Every child under 18 can now open a Trump Account. But policy creates access, not participation. Our founder and Frank Arce make the case for the support families actually need to build lasting wealth.
Who we are
A charitable entity with a single purpose.
Cultivar Foundation is a Texas nonprofit corporation. Our application for 501(c)(3) status is pending with the IRS. We carry out the charitable work behind Cultivar Communities, and we operate as our own legal entity with our own board and our own accounts.
We work nationally. Federal financial policy is opening long-term investment accounts for a generation of children across the country. Opening an account is not the same as a family using it. For most families, the account gets created and then nothing walks them through what comes next. That space between access and follow-through is where participation is won or lost. Closing it is our charitable purpose.
This is a participation and identity effort. It is not a financial literacy class and it is not a financial education program.
Partners
We meet young people and families where they already are, city by city.
Cultivar Communities
National
Founding partner. A national platform for family financial participation.
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New Mexico Soccer Academy
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bringing financial activation to players and their families this fall.
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Bayou District Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Committed to bringing this work to New Orleans. Coming soon.
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Interested in bringing Cultivar to your city?
Partner with usThe five shifts
Participation starts with identity.
- 01I am an investor.
- 02I am a good ancestor.
- 03I am growing money for future me.
- 04I am building generational wealth.
- 05I am part of the American economy.
