The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation

What The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation does

The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation (ACDC) is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit community development corporation headquartered at 1951 NW 7th Ave., Suite 600, Miami, Florida. Its mission is to mitigate displacement of longtime residents and small businesses in the Allapattah neighborhood, with an explicit emphasis on preserving the area's Dominican heritage and protecting local merchants from gentrification-driven economic and cultural disruption. Primary beneficiaries are small business owners, community residents, and local merchants in Allapattah. The organization is community-led and governed independently, with funding drawn from foundations, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations; no fees are charged for services.

ACDC's product surface is a portfolio of programs and resources rather than a unified technology platform. Core offerings include: (1) Small Business Support, delivering workshops, technical assistance, and access to capital; (2) Community Events & Festivals, headlined by the signature Festival del Plátano; (3) Community Outreach & Engagement, including canvassing, surveys, mentorship, and storytelling; (4) Professional, Research, and Administrative Support, drawing on volunteer pro-bono expertise; and (5) three 2026-era strategic initiatives — Allapattah 3010 (a long-horizon community preservation vision), the Community Planning Academy (resident education on land use and policy), and the ACDC Resource Library (publicly accessible guides and reports on equitable development). Distribution is direct and hyperlocal — services are delivered in person within the Allapattah neighborhood, supported by a website (allapattahcdc.org), email newsletter, and active social channels on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn. The organization explicitly does not offer a software product, mobile app, API, or SDK.

Monetization is grant-, donation-, and sponsorship-driven, with no disclosed programmatic revenue. ACDC has assembled a broad institutional backer roster spanning cultural philanthropy (Mellon Foundation, Florida Humanities, Smithsonian Institution), local foundations (The Miami Foundation, Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation, Health Foundation of South Florida), and corporate sponsors drawn heavily from the banking sector (JPMorgan, Citi, Wells Fargo, PNC, Truist, Capital One, Chase, BankUnited, Regions, First Citizens) plus Florida Blue and Comcast. Core public-sector partners include the City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, the State of Florida, and FIU. Disclosed programmatic impact metrics include millions of dollars in investment attracted to the neighborhood and in access to capital for small businesses, plus thousands of hours of technical assistance, jobs saved or created, and counts of microbusiness graduates and businesses assisted.

Name

The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation

Legal name

The Allapattah Collaborative, CDC

Website

https://allapattahcdc.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation (ACDC) is a Miami-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports small businesses and residents in the Allapattah neighborhood through technical assistance, capital access, cultural preservation programming, and community planning education.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

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, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Allapattah Collaborative CDC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development corporation that provides small business technical assistance, community planning workshops, anti-gentrification advocacy, and cultural heritage preservation programs for the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami. Its core offerings include small business support services, the Community Planning Academy, the Allapattah 3010 vision initiative, community events such as Festival del Plátano, and the ACDC Resource Library.

Product overview

The Allapattah Collaborative CDC is a community development organization offering a portfolio of programs and resources rather than a unified technology product. Core programs include Community Events & Festivals (featuring the Festival del Plátano), Small Business Support services, Community Outreach & Engagement initiatives, and Professional Talent & Administrative Support. The organization also operates specific initiatives such as Allapattah 3010 (a vision initiative for community preservation), the Community Planning Academy (for building community-owned futures), and the ACDC Resource Library containing guides, reports, and tools. Programs are delivered through direct service, workshops, volunteer coordination, and resource distribution rather than through a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Small Business Growth

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple businesses assisted through technical assistance programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• FIU (Florida International University)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor research university partner supporting community planning, research, and educational programs in Allapattah.
• City of MiamicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner for neighborhood development, land use planning, and public-private community initiatives.
• Miami-Dade CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty government partner for community development, economic opportunity, and neighborhood preservation programs.
• ProsperasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization supporting Hispanic business development and entrepreneurship.
• Community Wealth PartnerssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulting partner supporting organizational development and community wealth building strategies.
• Community Justice ProjectsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal advocacy organization supporting community rights and equitable development.
• Smithsonian InstitutionsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrestigious cultural institution partner supporting heritage preservation and cultural programming.
• Clean Energy GroupsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational nonprofit supporting clean energy and climate resilience for community benefit.
• Miami Home For AllsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal coalition working on housing affordability and community stability.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit that invests in affordable housing and community development, with programs in neighborhood preservation and small business support. Direct peer given overlapping mission around equitable, place-based economic development.
• Prospera: National Hispanic business development nonprofit providing technical assistance and capital access to Latino entrepreneurs. Already named as a partner of ACDC, and a direct peer on Hispanic small business support programming.
• Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation: Dorchester, MA-based CDC operating real estate, small business, and community programs in a single neighborhood. Comparable structure as a place-based, multi-program community development corporation.
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC): National community development intermediary that funds and supports CDCs in low-income neighborhoods. Closely comparable as a community development corporation working at the intersection of small business support, real estate, and resident services.
• The Resurrection Project: Chicago-based Latino-rooted community development organization focused on preserving neighborhoods and supporting immigrant small businesses. Highly comparable to ACDC's Dominican-heritage, anti-gentrification, microbusiness model.
• East LA Community Corporation (ELACC): Community development corporation serving a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles with affordable housing, small business, and cultural preservation programs. Closely mirrors ACDC's community-rooted, culturally grounded model.

Regional players

• Miami Homes For All: Miami-based housing affordability coalition already named as an ACDC partner. Regional peer working on community stability and anti-displacement in the same South Florida geography.

Broad incumbents

• UnidosUS: Largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., running community economic development programs. Broad incumbent with overlapping Latino community development and small business priorities.
• The Community Builders: Larger national nonprofit developer of affordable housing and community facilities with adjacent neighborhood stabilization work. Broader incumbent in community development with overlapping resident services and place-based mission.
• Hispanic Federation: National Latino advocacy and grantmaking organization supporting community-based groups across the U.S. Comparable in serving Latino communities and providing capacity-building funding to grassroots CDCs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCBRWHWl7_8iS2xB4Rz-QWwg
• Facebookfacebook.com/AllapattahCDC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-allapattah-collaborative-cdc
• Instagraminstagram.com/allapattahcdc

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