Avery Ebron is using the Purpose Futures Fellow to incubate Groundcover, a project powered by  The Guild. Groundcover's mission is to seed and develop community-owned and community-controlled real estate that allow marginalized communities to collectively steward assets in their neighborhoods as a pathway to self-determination. Groundcover assembles the right mission-aligned, non-extractive capital stack for each project, develops the project in partnership with the community, and then creates a Community Stewardship Trust to allow residents in the community to purchase shares of properties in their zip code. 

Avery Ebron loves opportunities to collaborate with under-appreciated communities to develop products and places that facilitate agency, equity, and symbiotic relationships. As Head of Community Products and Operations, Avery guides the design and delivery of The Guild’s mission to build community wealth in BIPOC communities. 

Prior to The Guild, Avery worked at Clearinghouse CDFI, where he led the design and development of financial products for businesses and nonprofits serving disinvested neighborhoods. Avery is also co-founder of the Dismantle Collective and the Healing Justice Collective, creating and curating spaces for healing for people of color. In his spare time, Avery enjoys teaching kids how to play chess and occasionally losing to them.

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