Rodney Foxworth

Rodney Foxworth is CEO of Common Future, a nonprofit social enterprise with a bold vision: Building a future where all people—no matter their race and class—have power, choice, and ownership over the economy. Under his leadership, Common Future has developed a new brand identity, grown its net assets from $1.5M to $20M, quadrupled its staff and annual budget, acquired two organizations, and launched a community-driven impact investment vehicle.

Previously, Rodney was founder and CEO of Invested Impact, a consultancy and intermediary that facilitated millions of dollars in philanthropic and impact investment capital into community economic development projects and social entrepreneurs of color.

His writing has appeared in periodicals such as Boston Review, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Impact Alpha, Nonprofit Quarterly, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. An inaugural Ford Global Fellow and a Skoll Awardee for Social Innovation, Rodney has been quoted in media such as Forbes, Inc., MarketWatch, The New York Times, Vox, and Christian Science Monitor. He’s spoken at Aspen Ideas Festival, Clinton Global Initiative, Skoll World Forum, National Association of Black Journalists, Global Philanthropy Forum, and other stages, addressing topics such as monopoly power, economic racism and wealth inequality, and institutionalized discrimination in investing and philanthropy.

Rodney serves on the board of directors of Nonprofit Finance Fund (Vice Chair), Race Forward (Treasurer), and SOCAP Global, PBC. In addition, he serves as an Advisory Board member of the Access To Markets initiative at American Economic Liberties Project and Expert Advisor to the Corporate Racial Equity Alliance, a partnership between PolicyLink, JUST Capital, and FSG.