Formed in 2023, the mission of TUEAP is to identify new/aspiring developers interested in and willing to work in economically disadvantaged communities and help them partner with community-based organizations to accomplish smaller neighborhood-based real estate projects to create wealth and scale their operations/real estate development pipelines.

Working with Baltimore Community Lending (who will serve as TUEAP’s fiscal sponsor until its 501c3 is secured) and local banking/financial partners First National, M&T, and PNC bank, a pipeline of six developers of color and a group of smaller nonprofit community-based organizations have already been identified as initial partners in the effort. This grant provided capacity building support.