ICA Impact Research: Levels of Wealth Creation
First published June 2023
Last fall, the ICA Fund team built the 5-year plan for organization towards achieving our mission to accelerate great businesses through mentoring and investments and close the racial and gender wealth gaps. Part of our strategy for this first year of our plan has been to test the effectiveness of our integrated advising and investment model on driving wealth creation in diverse communities. We partnered with an exceptional researcher, Lucy Odgie-Turley, from OT Consulting (OTC) to conduct this research. OTC led an extensive literature review, conducted qualitative interviews with our alumni, and surveyed local and state-level business owners.