The Live Mutual Project is a MassMutual Foundation-led initiative that brings together community resources and partners to create vibrant and empowered neighborhoods.
Systems and resources meant to support residents can oftentimes be confusing and overwhelming. Support from family, friends, neighbors, and community organizations can help us navigate our complicated lives.
Connections in the community can open doors to jobs, reveal practical financial advice, and uncover paths to reasonable loans and other resources to help meet our daily obligations and goals.
Our Focus on Community Connections and Financial Capabilities to achieve Financial Well-Being
The Live Mutual Project is guided by the belief that financial well-being happens when individuals have strong community connections and financial capabilities. Yet the complex systems and resources meant to support communities can often be confusing and overwhelming. Family, friends, neighbors, and community organizations can help us navigate these systems and access the things we need. Connections in the community can also open doors to jobs, reveal practical financial advice, and uncover paths to loans and other financial resources.
Resource Collaboration
Service providers come together to identify what's in the way of achieving financial well-being in their community.
Strong Networks
Build relationships with a broad network of people who can provide support and access to new opportunities.
Neighborhood Destinations
Reinvent public spaces to bring community members together to build strong networks.
Cross-Sector Partnership
Bring together business, government, and nonprofits to break down systemic barriers to financial well-being.
Employment Pathways
Develop skills and access to good jobs that are close to home.
Local Economy
Earn and spend in the local neighborhood or town where you live.
Financial Skills
Develop skills to save, spend, borrow, and plan and access loans, bank accounts and credit.
Housing & Home Ownership
Access safe, heathy and affordable housing, with a pathway to ownership.
In 2018, we began the Live Mutual Project in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, and the North End neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Learn MoreCollaboration is at the center of the Live Mutual Project.
No one organization can address the economic challenges facing our country alone. We partner with like-minded organizations committed to advancing financial well-being and helping communities thrive.
Frayser Community Development Corporation
Memphis, TN
Frayser CDC works with the community to provide improved housing and stimulate commercial and economic growth. For over 20 years, the CDC has acquired, renovated, rented, and sold houses in Frayser, provided housing counseling services, and encouraged other positive investments and collaborations in the community.
Way Finders
Springfield, MA
Way Finders works to make sure all people have safe, secure places to live. By providing access to a range of housing services that help people find ways to live where they choose, regardless of income or background, Way Finders energizes neighborhoods and helps people recognize their potential to thrive.