Mosaic Community Land Trust

What Mosaic Community Land Trust does

Mosaic Community Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (legal entity: Preservation Pottstown Inc.) founded in June 2010 and headquartered at 724 N Adams St, #203 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The organization implements the Community Land Trust (CLT) model to deliver permanently affordable homeownership to low-to-moderate income families in Pottstown and the surrounding Montgomery County area, targeting buyers at 80-120% of county area median income. Under the CLT model, Mosaic retains ownership of the land beneath each home while selling the structure to an income-qualified buyer at a below-market price, with resale prices restricted by formula to ensure affordability for subsequent generations of buyers. The organization has delivered at least one completed CLT home (the Parkins home, a joint venture with Habitat for Humanity and Genesis Housing) and has two projects in active development for late 2026 completion: a new CLT home at 1078 South Street and a 3-unit condominium rehabilitation on the 300 block of High Street with Habitat for Humanity of Montco/Delco.

Mosaic's operations span three integrated program pillars: (1) affordable housing through the CLT model and Habitat partnerships, (2) community gardens across four sites (Mosaic Garden at 423 Chestnut St, Chestnut Street Garden at 615 Chestnut St, Permaculture Garden at 301 Walnut St with 42+ raised beds, and Barth Garden at 467 W Walnut St), and (3) arts and culture programming delivered through Pottstown Community Arts, a wholly-owned subsidiary integrated in 2018. Adjacent programs include a CSA Scholarship Program (in partnership with Tine and Toil Farm since 2019, funded by the Leo & Peggy Pierce Foundation, currently serving 20 families weekly), and recurring community events including the annual Summer Solstice Garden Party and Regional Garden Tour.

The revenue model is a hybrid nonprofit structure combining recurring membership dues (six tiers from $25 to $500 annually), income-based garden plot rentals ($5-$85 per plot), event ticketing ($20-$50 per ticket), individual and corporate donations, and foundation grants (notably a $30,000 grant from the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation for the founding garden). Go-to-market is community-led: outreach via community meetings, volunteer programs, garden committee participation, membership drives, and referral partnerships with Habitat for Humanity, Genesis Housing, Pottstown Community Action, Tower Health, local churches, schools, and the Borough of Pottstown. The organization is governed by a Board of Trustees and operates with a small staff of 5 employees (Executive Director, Gardens Manager, and key program leadership).

Name

Mosaic Community Land Trust

Legal name

Preservation Pottstown Inc.

Website

https://mosaicclt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mosaic Community Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Pottstown, Pennsylvania that provides permanently affordable homeownership through the Community Land Trust model, supplemented by four community gardens and arts programming serving low-to-moderate income residents in Montgomery County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG, Place-Based Initiatives) (BPAIANAE)

Keywords

• Community land trust
• Affordable housing
• Community development
• Urban gardening
• Arts programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Pottstown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Fees: Tiered membership program ranging from $25 (Member) to $500 (Sustainer) annually. Benefits include garden plot opportunities, newsletter access, event ticket discounts, and recognition at events.
2. Garden Plot Rental: Income-based pricing for garden plots: $5 for income <$30K, $25 for income >$30K, $85 for organizations/businesses. Additional plots available at $25 each.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Tax-deductible donations through one-time and monthly recurring giving. Corporate matching available. Major annual fundraiser is the Roofs & Roots campaign.
4. Event Revenue: Ticket sales for Summer Solstice Garden Party ($50/person), Garden Tours ($20 advance, $25 day-of), and other community events.
5. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Scholarship Program: Partnership with Tine and Toil Farm providing CSA shares to families, supported by Leo & Peggy Pierce Foundation grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Mosaic Community Land Trust is a Pottstown, PA-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that stabilizes neighborhoods and creates affordable housing opportunities through the Community Land Trust (CLT) model. The organization retains ownership of the land beneath homes, selling the structures at below-market prices to income-qualified buyers while keeping resale prices restricted to preserve long-term affordability. Its portfolio spans three program pillars: permanently affordable CLT housing, four community gardens with income-based plot rentals, and arts programming through Pottstown Community Arts, supported by annual memberships, donations, and grants.

Product overview

Mosaic Community Land Trust is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of community development programs centered on three pillars: permanently affordable housing through the community land trust model, four community garden locations providing urban agriculture opportunities, and arts programming through Pottstown Community Arts. Supporting programs include a tiered annual membership ($25-$500), a CSA scholarship partnership with Tine and Toil Farm, and annual events including the Regional Garden Tour and Summer Solstice Garden Party fundraiser. The organization is not a technology company and does not offer software products, APIs, or AI-powered features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Land Trust Housing Program
• Community Gardens Program
• Pottstown Community Arts
• Annual Membership Program
• CSA Scholarship Program
• Regional Garden Tour
• Summer Solstice Garden Party

Quantifiable outcome

• Homes remain affordable for future generations through restricted resale pricing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered cornerstone sponsor, core, key partner and supporting partner.

• Hobart's Runcornerstone sponsorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cornerstone Sponsor for 2025 and partner for community clean-up events, providing trash bags and pickers for volunteer clean-up days.
• Tine and Toil FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership since 2019 for CSA Scholarship Program. Provides fresh produce weekly to scholarship recipients through the Leo & Peggy Pierce Foundation grant support. Program has expanded to feed 20 families.
• Pottstown Community ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Arts and culture advocacy arm of Mosaic, joined the organization in 2018. Organized under Mosaic's umbrella to enhance community through art, partnering with artists, schools, churches, businesses and individuals.
• Pottstown School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Donated property at 423 Chestnut Street for the first community garden in 2012. Property transfer approved unanimously by School Board for use as Pottstown's first official community gardens.
• Habitat for Humanity of Montco/DelcocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to rehab a vacant three-unit apartment building on the 300 block of High Street into three condominiums for homeownership. Also partnered on the first CLT home. Both organizations work together to provide permanently affordable homeownership opportunities.
• Genesis HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner on Mosaic's first community land trust home. Genesis Housing provided homebuyer education and handled closing process for the first CLT home sale. Also collaborated on holiday decorating contest.
• Borough of Pottstownkey partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner for community development initiatives. Collaborates on neighborhood revitalization and community programming.
• Pottstown Community Actionkey partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for Spring Cleaning initiative. Joint clean-up events on various streets in Pottstown, including Oak Street, 2nd Street, Apple Street, and South Street.
• Tower Healthkey partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner helping identify Pottstown families in need for the CSA Scholarship Program, expanding food security support.
• KenCrestsupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssists with weekly CSA distribution, with staff and consumers delivering 20 shares of food bags throughout the community.
• ArtFusion 19464key partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerArts partnership for community art projects, including collaboration on mural creation for Schuylkill River Trail at Riverfront Park.
• ACLAMOkey partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for community arts programming and events. Collaborated on Halloween parade float and various cultural events.
• Pottstown Regional Public Librarykey partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for arts and culture programming. Marie Haigh volunteers with the Board of Friends of the Library as a thank you for being a free resource to homeschooling families.
• Ricketts Centersupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner for arts programming and events, hosting various cultural activities.
• Davey Tree Expertssupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate volunteer partner providing tree clearing and trimming services at community garden sites. Multiple years of volunteer support.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Burlington Community Land Trust: Municipal CLT serving Burlington, VT, using the same community land trust model to keep homes permanently affordable for low-to-moderate income buyers — directly comparable in structure, mission, and resale mechanics.
• Champlain Housing Trust: Burlington, Vermont-based community land trust often cited as the largest and most established CLT in the U.S. — operates the same dual ownership + resale-restriction model to provide permanently affordable housing, making it the closest conceptual peer to Mosaic.
• Genesis Housing: Montgomery County affordable housing nonprofit that co-developed Mosaic's first CLT home alongside Habitat. Operates in the same geography with overlapping affordable homeownership and homebuyer education services.

Broad incumbents

• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit developer and funder of affordable housing with deep presence in the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable mission of permanently affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization, though at vastly greater capital and unit scale.
• NeighborWorks America: National network of community development nonprofits focused on affordable housing, community building, and resident engagement. Mosaic's hybrid housing-plus-community programming mirrors the NeighborWorks charter member model.
• Habitat for Humanity: National nonprofit affordable homeownership developer; Mosaic actively partners with the Montco/Delco affiliate. Operates at vastly larger scale but shares the affordable homeownership mission and constructs many of Mosaic's joint pipeline units.
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC): Major national CDFI that funds affordable housing and community development across the U.S., including Pennsylvania. Operates at much larger scale but pursues an analogous mission of neighborhood revitalization through housing and community programs.

Others

• Trust for Public Land: National nonprofit that conserves land and creates parks/community spaces. While not a CLT operator, its land-conservation-plus-public-benefit model is conceptually adjacent to Mosaic's land-retention approach.
• Grounded Solutions Network: National membership organization that supports and certifies community land trusts. Mosaic is part of the broader CLT ecosystem Grounded Solutions stewards, making it a network/ecosystem peer rather than a competitor.

Regional players

• PA Housing Finance Agency (PHFA): Pennsylvania state housing finance agency providing mortgage and development funding for affordable housing. A key potential capital partner for Mosaic's pipeline rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MosaicCLTPottstown
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mosaic-clt

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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