CCA History
Eastern University professor emeritus and former spiritual advisor to President Bill Clinton, Anthony Campolo, PhD, sent a group of Eastern alumni and professors, led by James Kerkula and Stephen Akintoye, to assist a former Philadelphia Eagle player to develop People for People Credit Union and Charter School in North Philadelphia.
People for People board member and Principal of Briscoe & Associates law firm, Attorney Jack C. Briscoe, offers to formalize the group's work by incorporating/legalizing Community Capital Advisors (CCA) as a technical assistance entity to assist other grassroots groups in the Philadelphia region.
Community Capital Advisors is incorporated as technical assistance nonprofit in Pennsylvania.
CCA leader is asked to testify about charitable giving by the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Empowerment.
CCA leaders spearheaded the formation of the Independence Apparel project—a high profile welfare-to-work partnership between the City of Philadelphia, People for People, and Mother’s Work. The project was primarily sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Mother’s Work was renamed Destiny Maternity—a national apparel manufacturing company.
CCA secured the 501 (c) 3 public charity designation from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The designation enabled CCA to expand technical assistance to other grassroots groups in the 11-county Philadelphia region.
CCA built important partnerships with major institutions in the banking and CDFI industries, including with PNC Bank, Beneficial Bank, Wachovia Bank, the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association, the National Federation of Community Development Credit Union, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance, among others.
CCA spearheads the formation of Sharon Baptist Church’s New Life Credit Union, Multicultural Community Family Services, and the Compassion Capital Investment Fund, among others.
CCA expands technical assistance services to more than 30 grassroots organizations in the CDFI, STEM education and social-impact industries.
CCA invested more than $300,000 in Liberia to form the Monrovia Group and Ducor Trading companies, aimed at creating employment among the local populations in the aftermath of the tiny West African nation’s 14-year civil conflict.
CCA provided capital assistance to Sotiamon Christian School to expand Pre-K through 6 primary education to kids in the greater Monrovia school district.
CCA extends technical assistance to the African immigrant populations in the Philadelphia region; and secured more than $5M from Beneficial (WSFS), PNC, and Wachovia (Wells Fargo) banks. This funded operating facilities and expanded small enterprise development among African immigrant organizations in the the Philadelphia area including Redeem Christian Church, Christ Apostolic Church, and Mosel International Market, among others.
CCA provided technical assistance to various groups in Delaware County, including the formation of the Bright Beginning Pre-K STEM learning center, After School activities, and summer camp program in the William Penn School District.
CCA revised its mission from “Seeking solutions to the cycle of intergenerational poverty” to “‘Teach a Girl to Fish’, a mission for gender-wealth parity”.
CCA entered long-term partnership with the Connecticut-based Earth Forward Group (EFG) on the Liberia Institute for Girls - Todee (LIG) project in West Africa and the 6721-23 Musgrave Street rehabilitation project in Philadelphia.
CCA’s project partner, EFG secured funding from the U.S. embassy in Liberia on behalf of CCA to support an Environmental & Science Learning Lab as a subset of the LIG project.
EFG secured partnership with the U.S.-based Project Learning Tree (PLT) and Liberia-based Kakata Rural Teacher Training Institute (KRTTI) to administer the Learning Lab — with 250+ students from villages across Pleemu Clan, Todee District attending the lab.
KRTTI’s Dean Sorna Sherif leads the formation of an in-country LIG Board of Directors.
CCA secured funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Citizens Bank for the 6721-23 Musgrave Street rehabilitation project.
