Fund Our Communities (FOC) is a public policy research and advocacy platform led by Next Generation Action Network. It brings together research, policy, and community organizing to address systemic inequities and advance economic mobility.
Fund Our Communities (FOC) exists to transform the way public resources, policies, and investments serve our communities.
For too long, working-class communities, Black and brown neighborhoods, and historically underserved families have been excluded from the decisions that shape economic opportunity and quality of life. We are changing that.
FOC centers community voices, lived experiences, research, and grassroots power to drive bold policy solutions that create lasting economic mobility and community wealth.
We believe:
Our communities deserve:
This is about more than advocacy, this is about reclaiming power, demanding accountability, and building thriving communities where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Together we can build an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well connected.
Fund Our Communities (FOC) is more than a campaign, it is a movement for economic justice, community accountability, and transformative public investment.
We use research, data analysis, policy advocacy, storytelling, and grassroots organizing to expose inequities, inform communities, and push for real systemic change across Texas.
Through this platform, we:
Conduct community-centered research
Translate complex data into actionable policy solutions
Equip residents with tools and information to advocate for change
Amplify community voices and lived experiences
Hold institutions accountable for inequitable systems and spending
Advance policies that reinvest in people and neighboorhoods
FOC serves as both a research hub and an organizing platform, connecting community members, advocates, researchers, policymakers, and grassroots leaders around a shared vision for equity and opportunity.
Fund Our Communities (FOC) centers eight interconnected areas where inequity shows up most clearly.
Each issue hub tracks policy, money flow, power structures, and measurable outcomes.
Housing is the foundation of stability, dignity, and opportunity, yet too many families across North Texas are being priced out, displaced, or denied access to safe and affordable homes.
Fund Our Communities challenges the inequities embedded in housing policies from zoning and land use to tax incentives and development practices that prioritize profit over people. We work to expose disparities, protect long-term residents, and advocate for affordable housing, tenant protections, anti-displacement, equitable development policies, and investments that ensure every family, regardless of income, can thrive in their communities.
Everyone deserves a place they can call home.
Economic opportunity should never depend on your ZIP code, race, or access to political power.
Fund Our Communities fights to dismantle systems that have excluded Black, brown, and working-class communities from wealth-building opportunities for generations. Through data and advocacy, we advance equitable wages, access to capital, fair contracting, workforce development, and inclusive economic policies. Our goal is to ensure that economic growth benefits everyone, not just the few, and that working families have a real pathway to financial stability and generational wealth.
Economic growth should uplift entire communities, not leave families behind.
Healthcare is a human right.
Yet far too many communities continue to face barriers to affordable care, quality providers, mental health resources, and culturally responsive services.
Fund Our Communities works to expose healthcare inequities and advance policies that expand access, strengthen community based care, address the social and environmental conditions that impact health outcomes.
Healthy communities are thriving communities.
Gun violence is a public health crisis fueled by systemic disinvestment, trauma, poverty, and lack of opportunity.
Fund Our Communities advances prevention-centered solutions that invest in people rather than punishment. We advocate for investments in youth programs, mental health services, violence interruption initiatives, and community-based strategies, while pushing for policies that address the root causes of violence.
Safe communities are built through long term investment, healing, opportunity, and trust.
Every child deserves access to high-quality education regardless of their neighborhood, race, or family income.
Education is one of the most powerful tools for economic mobility, yet inequities in funding, resources, and opportunities continue to hold students back.
Fund Our Communities works to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have access to quality education, safe learning environments, and the resources they need to succeed. We advocate for equitable school funding models, accountability in school systems, and policies that support students, families, and educators while closing opportunity gaps across districts.
Education should be a bridge to opportunity, not another system that reinforces inequality.
True public safety requires trust, accountability, and community investment.
Fund Our Communities examines how public safety resources are allocated and advocates for approaches that prioritize community well-being over punitive practices. We advance transparency, oversight, and investment in alternative safety strategies such as mental health response, prevention programs, and community-based solutions, ensuring that safety is equitable, just, and responsive to the needs of all communities.
Public safety should protect and serve every community fairly and equitably.
Environmental Justice
No one should have to sacrifice their health or home because of where they live.
Communities of color and low-income neighborhoods are disproportionately exposed to pollution, environmental disasters, unsafe infrastructure, and lack access to clean and safe environments.
Fund Our Communities advocates for policies environmental equity, climate resilience, sustainable development, and accountability for harmful practices that threaten community health and quality of life. We work to ensure that all communities have access to clean air, safe water, and healthy living conditions.
Environmental justice is economic and social justice.
Systemic racism continues to shape outcomes across every sector, from housing and education to healthcare and economic opportunity.
Fund Our Communities confronts these inequities head-on by advancing policies that dismantle discriminatory systems and promotes fairness, accountability, and equity at every level of government. We center the voices and experiences of those most impacted, ensuring that racial justice is not just acknowledged, but actively pushed by institutions to create measurable and lasting change.
Racial justice must move beyond conversation and into action.
Fund Our Communities (FOC) FOC operates under NGAN’s guiding framework:
