Communities, Enabling Futures.
Empowering Diverse Enterprises (Édé) is a New York City nonprofit supporting diverse entrepreneurs, worker-owned businesses, and community-driven enterprises with the organizational infrastructure, fiscal sponsorship, and strategic support they need to thrive. We back the people building the economy we deserve.
Our Mission and Values
Empowering Diverse Enterprises (Édé) exists to close the gap between promising community-driven ideas and the resources they need to grow. We provide fiscal sponsorship, capacity building, and strategic support to enterprises that center worker ownership, climate resilience, housing equity, and community health. Our founding team has spent over a decade building cooperatives, organizing coalitions, passing legislation, and developing grassroots leadership across New York City — and we’re channeling that experience into the infrastructure the next generation of community enterprises needs to succeed.
We organized thousands of workers through our previous projects
Our work has generated real revenue for community-led initiatives
We seek to work with community-led initiatives that develop Community & Worker Ownership, climate resilience, housing equity and community health.
We are proud New Yorkers, shaped by the amazing people, histories and heritages in many under served and underappreciated communities that make New York the phenomenal city it is.
Explore Our Key Initiatives for Community Empowerment and Growth
Skills
We provide training to enhance skills and career opportunities.
Startups
Our Valued Collaborators
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Email Us
For inquiries, collaborations, or support, feel free to reach out to us via email at David@EdeNow.org. We are here to assist you and answer any questions you may have.
Call Us
You can also contact us by phone at +1 (347) 835 4575. Our team is available to discuss how we can work together to empower our communities.