Community Forge
Building resilient communities through grassroots mutual aid, housing support, and food sovereignty programs.
Our Purpose:
When institutions are tangled in red tape and bureaucracy decides who qualifies for help, too many get left behind. Traditional charity moves slowly, bound by rules set by people who've never known hunger or eviction.
Our Identity:
Community Forge is different. We're not a charity. We're not a government agency. We're a mutual aid institution built by the people, for the people. We answer only to our communities, so we can move at the speed of need.
These are just two examples of our innovative, community-led initiatives. We support mutual aid efforts nationwide.
A 40-acre cooperative micro-city sanctuary featuring worker-owned infrastructure, climate resilience, and collective sovereignty. This innovative project demonstrates our commitment to sustainable, community-owned housing solutions.
Our Charlotte hub provides emergency housing, second-chance programs, food security initiatives, and community support services. A model for grassroots mutual aid that we're expanding to communities everywhere.
Stay informed with our quarterly newsletter highlighting economic justice, community organizing, and mutual aid efforts. Each issue centers the voices of those driving change.
Our year-round production of fresh, locally grown food demonstrates community resilience. Develop your own food sovereignty through our Seed Program and community gardens.
From emergency stays to cooperative housing, we provide shelter without hurdles. Everyone deserves stable housing without endless paperwork or discrimination.
Community stipends for financial hardship, policy advocacy to dismantle systemic barriers, and resource connections to local and national support networks.
Dine Soul Food & Catering provides hundreds of free meals weekly while creating jobs and skills development opportunities through premium catering services.
Have a vision for a community service or cooperative project? We'll help you bring it to life with full partnership or foundational support.
These images showcase the real work of Community Forge—from housing initiatives to food distribution and community building.
We believe sustainable organizing requires material support. That's why Community Forge provides stipends to volunteers who take on essential roles.
Volunteers delivering food receive stipends to help cover transportation costs and time spent coordinating deliveries.
Volunteers who help with logistics and outreach receive stipends to ensure consistency and sustainability.
Organizers helping to build key programs are compensated for their time and expertise.
Your contribution helps sustain our mutual aid networks, supporting emergency housing, food programs, and community initiatives nationwide.
At Community Forge, we're not just providing relief—we're building the infrastructure for communities to thrive. Join us in creating a future where everyone has access to what they need.