LaunchPad Collective
Where you live should expand what's possible.
LaunchPad Collective is building housing that creates pathways to stability, education, employment, and economic mobility — starting with the young people who need it most.
Built for the Young People Most Often Left Behind
Every year, thousands of young people age out of the foster care system with no family safety net, no stable housing, and no clear path forward. Many face homelessness within months. LaunchPad Collective exists to change that.
Our work centers transition-age youth — young people ages 18 through 26, including those aging out of foster care and pregnant and parenting young people — who deserve more than a place to sleep. They deserve a foundation for a life.
The LaunchPad Model
Housing as a Platform for Opportunity
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Housing / Foundation
Safe, stable, affordable housing is the foundation. Without it, nothing else is possible.
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Opportunity / Connections
On-site and partner-delivered services connect residents to education, workforce development, childcare, health, food, and community.
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Economic Mobility / Goal
The goal is economic mobility — residents building assets, skills, and futures that extend beyond their time at LaunchPad.
Designed around the Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being
Powered by the LaunchPad Collective — a network of mission-aligned partners
The LaunchPad Pathway
From Activation to Implementation
LaunchPad is designed as a replicable model — a framework that can be adapted to different communities, sites, and populations while maintaining the core principles that make it work.
Site & Community Activation
Partner & Capital Assembly
Development & Construction
Resident Move-In & Programming
Ongoing Outcomes & Learning
The Full Picture
Why LaunchPad. How it works. What it builds.
LaunchPad is a community-rooted development model designed to address the interconnected conditions that shape economic mobility — housing, employment, education, childcare, health, and belonging — in one place.
LaunchPad Baseline
48 attainable homes, ~6,000 sq ft of commercial space, a commercial kitchen, solar, and a complete mobility plan — in San Bernardino, CA.
Learn moreEmployment Social Enterprise
A nonprofit-operated business centered on a commercial kitchen, designed to create paid work experience, certifications, and pathways to employment or entrepreneurship.
Learn moreThe Collective & Partners
LaunchPad is built by a collective of professionals across real estate, education, healthcare, workforce, childcare, food systems, and entrepreneurship.
Learn moreFutureSB2050
LaunchPad Baseline is designed as an early demonstration of the aspirations San Bernardino has expressed through FutureSB2050 and its General Plan.
Learn moreReplicating the Model
LaunchPad is designed as an emerging model for adaptation by nonprofits, agencies, and mission-driven developers elsewhere.
Learn moreFind Your Place in the Collective
Find Your Place in the Collective
Whether you need housing or support, want to invest or donate, deliver services, or bring a development opportunity — there is a way to move this work forward together.
For Residents & Families
Looking for Housing or Support?
Looking for housing, support, or a connection to one of our community partners? Start here.
Tell Us What You NeedFor Funders
Invest, Donate, Lend, or Sponsor
Invest, donate, lend, sponsor, or help us bring more community-centered housing to life.
Explore Ways to Fund LaunchPadFor Partners
Bring Your Expertise Into the Ecosystem
Bring housing, services, education, workforce development, health, entrepreneurship, or opportunity into the LaunchPad ecosystem.
Partner With LaunchPadFor Cities, Developers & Property Owners
Have a Site or Housing Challenge?
Have land, a building, a development opportunity, or a housing challenge? Let us explore what is possible.
Explore Development PartnershipsSupport LaunchPad
Your contribution helps us build the infrastructure, programming, and partnerships that make LaunchPad work.
Donate via ZeffyMission Capital
Invest in the Mission Capital Stack
LaunchPad Baseline is structured with a $1.85M Mission Capital layer for mission-aligned donors, foundations, and impact investors.
2026 Candid Gold Seal of TransparencyGet in Touch
Questions, partnership inquiries, or investment interest — we would love to hear from you.
The Development Platform Behind the Work
LaunchPad Collective works alongside CGX, a real estate development and advisory firm focused on transforming underutilized properties into housing and economic opportunity.
"We are not asking young people to leave their communities to find opportunity. We are changing the conditions of their communities so opportunity can exist at home."
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