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The TUEPAC Fund · Cooperative ventures

The opportunity we're building together.

A vetted, member-backed venture fund. We identify an operator with real momentum, map exactly what's missing — capital, advisors, a key hire — and let the community help close the gap. Give directly, or let a slice of your membership do the work.

Opportunity in focus 501(c)(3) · Nonprofit operator Waxhaw, NC

Evolutionary Aquatics — a permanent home for the region's only Black swim club.

A swim, racquet & health club on a working organic produce farm 15 minutes from Ballantyne — with a farm-to-table clubhouse café and event space. The farm has already granted the land. We're raising to build the pool, so they can keep teaching our community to swim.

$340,000 committed of $1.2M build goal
28%
Land grant secured · farm $340K committed capital $860K remaining
$1,000Presale membership
140+Founding members
18 mo.To open
3 of 5Advisory seats open
Vetted by TUEPAC · Why this one: the hardest pieces are already in place — a proven nonprofit operator, a real site via land grant, and presale demand. What remains is capital and a handful of roles. That's a closable gap, and a compelling community need: tackling drowning disparities by teaching our community to swim.
The matching engine

What's missing — and how to fill it

Every vetted opportunity is broken into its parts. Some are already secured; the rest are open to the right capital, advisor, or operator. Browse it three ways.

Aligned, not extractive

How TUEPAC earns — and stays on your side

We don't just pass the hat. We're the matchmaker and a co-investor, so we only win when the venture and its backers do.

5%

Placement fee

A flat fee on capital and roles we successfully match — paid on close, never upfront. No match, no fee.

Co-invest

Skin in the game

TUEPAC puts Fund capital into the ventures it promotes. Our upside is tied to the same outcome as yours.

Members

Deal-room access

Diligence, terms, and operator access are a paid-member benefit — which funds the vetting that protects everyone.

What membership gets you

What your membership gets you

Membership buys perks, not equity. You're never automatically given a stake in a funded venture. Here's the value today — and the door we're opening for those who want more later.

Today · Included

Member perks

Built into every membership

Real, usable benefits we build in: pricing & perks across funded ventures (think café and club discounts), early access, a voice in the slate, and the network itself. This is what your dues buy — no investment, no risk.

Funded by your membership · available now
Today · Co-op

Patronage & mission dividend

From co-op surplus

Like a credit union, surplus from membership and the marketplace can be returned to members for their participation — and venture upside is recycled to seed the next raise. A member benefit of the co-op, not a stake in any one venture.

Funded by operating surplus · paid annually
Future · Opt-in

Equity — if you choose it

Regulated · coming later

Down the road, members who want a stake will be able to opt into a separate, regulated vehicle (Reg CF / Reg A) for a specific venture. Real ownership for those who choose it — always a deliberate, separate decision, never bundled into your dues.

Funded by your direct investment · opt-in only
On the tax receipt: your $25+ membership is split into a fair-market value of member benefits (perks, pricing — not deductible) and a gift to the TUEPAC Foundation (deductible). Only the gift portion is receipted. On equity: membership never grants an automatic stake in a funded venture — sharing a venture's profits can make a membership a regulated security, so any equity lives in a separate, opt-in vehicle, decided deliberately and never bundled into dues. Figures illustrative; not tax or legal advice.
Have a say — open Member Voice → Advisory polls & suggestions · members weigh in on what we fund next
In the pipeline

Vetted & coming up