Unlock Your Mission's Potential

Through fiscal sponsorship, we handle the administrative burden so you can focus on your mission. We provide necessary and adaptive infrastructure for project-based groups and emerging organizations to access administrative, backbone and incubation support that will improve their effectiveness and increase their impact, all without the need for a 501c3 status!

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Building something meaningful takes dedication, and we’re here to make it easier. Our Growth Center is designed to offer personalized training and expert guidance for projects and businesses at any stage of development. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling to new heights, we’re here to ensure you have the knowledge and resources to succeed. Let’s begin your growth journey now!

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Grand Opening Photo Gallery

April 24, 2025

Take a look at highlights from The People's Place Grand Opening — view our gallery and relive the excitement!

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Your investment will fuel innovation, collaboration, and empower purpose-driven entrepreneurs and organizers. Your support wields the power to transform dreams into reality and drive lasting impact in our community.

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We’re still riding the wave of joy from our Grand Opening — and it’s all because of YOU 💛

Thank you to every organizer, vendor, neighbor, and friend who showed up, shared space, and made this milestone moment so powerful. Your energy turned our vision into reality — a home for community, creativity, and change.

As we wrap up the final hour of #GiveLocal, your continued support helps fuel this space and everything we dream of building with and for community. Every gift matters. Every voice counts.

Let’s keep this momentum going. Together, we’re creating something special 🌱

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✨ GIVE LOCAL IS LIVE! ✨

Today kicks off 36 hours to show up, show out, and support the people building the future our communities deserve. Every dollar you give to The People’s Place is an investment in leaders, organizers, artists, and entrepreneurs working for care, equity, and justice. Let’s build together. 🛠️

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✨ COME COWORK AT THE PEOPLE’S PLACE! ✨

We can’t wait to welcome you to your new favorite workspace where your best work can unfold.

📍Over the last several months, TPP has worked diligently to renovate the old Stone Academy building at 101 Pierpont Road into a vibrant collaborative working environment — with you in mind!

🏢 Our Coworking & Community Resources Center is perfect for organizers, resident leaders, entrepeneurs, artists, and other change agents looking for affordable space to work, learn, and create.

📲 Book a tour today to learn more! #linkinbio

💡What could you achieve if you had the right tools, resources, and support to fuel your mission for change?

At The People’s Place, we believe fiscal sponsorship is a game-changer for organizers, mission-driven entrepreneurs, and community leaders ready to turn their vision into impact. With shared infrastructure, development expertise, and a growing network of support, fiscal sponsorship can help you build sustainable movements, institutions, and communities rooted in justice and equity.

✨ Projects across Connecticut, particularly those led by Waterbury residents and historically exploited communities, are encouraged to apply! Learn more and inquire today at www.thepeoplesplace.org.

The world is y(ours) — let’s build it together!

🎥 Missed our Virtual Launch? Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered! Catch the highlights in this recap video and relive an incredible evening that marks only the beginning for The People’s Place!

📲 Full length recap available via the link in our bio.

What if AI could amplify your movement building? What if there was an organization dedicated to supporting justice-centered initiatives and the change agents that lead them?

📣 Join us tomorrow, November 19th, from 6pm-7:30pm, for The People’s Place Virtual Launch and be part of the conversation!

✨ Meet the team behind TPP and learn how we connect social movement organizers, entrepreneurs, and changemakers like YOU to development, technology, and each other.

🔥 Then, dive into AI for the Movement with Kenyatta Muzzanni Robles (@actionarclabs) and Rafael Rosario III (@brasscitygamers) as they share:
• Ethical considerations for AI 💭
• Free and low-cost tools 💻
• Practical ways to use AI to fuel community and systems change work 💡

Don’t miss this chance to reimagine what’s possible for your work. Register now via the link in our bio. Let’s build together!

✨IT’S TIME!! — The election results are in and the work of resistance and movement building are critical to our survival. More than ever, the movement for liberation demands that we deepen our commitment to solidarity, sharpen our strategic analysis, and improve our technologies.

✨PULL UP! — Following our Virtual Launch on November 19th (6:00pm EST), The People’s Place is thrilled to present our first workshop: AI for the Movement. Co-led by Rafael Rosario III (@brasscitygamers) and Kenyatta Muzzanni Robles (@actionarclabs), this teaser workshop invites attending organizers and change agents to learn how you can utilize AI to empower justice movements in Waterbury and beyond!

✨ SKILL UP! — Together, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we’ll explore the ethical and strategic implications of AI on movement building, and model in real time accessible AI platforms and tools that can improve your organizing strategy today.

📲 SEE YOU THERE! #linkinbio

Hear from Initiative Director, Shanay Fulton, of Middletown Works (@middletownworksct) about their experience as a fiscally sponsored project of The People’s Place.

✍🏼 What is fiscal sponsorship?
Fiscal sponsorship is a collaborative relationship where we share our 501(c)(3) status and back office infrastructure with mission aligned groups, like Middletown Works. For the duration of the relationship, fiscally sponsored projects operate as a program of TPP, while retaining their own identity and making their own strategic and day-to-day decisions. Through this relationship, sponsored projects are able to accept grants and donations, enter into contracts, hire staff and otherwise transact business. Meanwhile, TPP takes care of all tax filings, insurances, donor and regulatory compliance, and provides financial oversight, management, and reporting.

📲 Learn more about fiscal sponsorship at The People’s Place by checking out the FAQs on our website!

“I take seriously the responsibility that lays ahead and the charge that has been entrusted to me to lead with integrity and curiosity, to make informed and courageous decisions that reflect our core values.”

📲 Read the complete Letter from our Executive Director, Roslyn Sotero, by visiting our website!

Building something meaningful takes time and dedication, and we’re here to make it easier.

Through fiscal sponsorship, we provide necessary and adaptive infrastructure for project-based groups and emerging organizations to access administrative, backbone and incubation support that will improve their effectiveness and increase their impact, all without the need for a 501c3 status! For social change and mission-driven entrepreneurs, fiscal sponsorship can give you the time you need to make an informed decision about the best business model and incorporation status that fits your mission.

You won’t be at this alone! Our Growth Center is designed to offer personalized training and expert guidance for projects and businesses at any stage of development.

Whether you’re just getting started or scaling to new heights, we’re here to ensure you have the knowledge and resources to succeed. Begin your journey today at The People’s Place!

✨ IT’S OFFICIAL — WE ARE OPEN!!

Welcome to The People’s Place, where visionaries grow together! Founded by a collective of Waterbury organizers and small business owners, TPP is an incubator for economic growth and social change that connects organizers and entrepreneurs to development, technology and each other.

Through fiscal sponsorship, we create opportunities for resident-led and grassroots projects to bring creative solutions to local challenges. We provide infrastructure, coworking space, and high-quality, development support to prepare emerging and emergent organizations for the next stage of their community change work.

Our Project Development Team, with the support of a growing network of partnered trainers, technicians, and field builders, equips change agents of all kinds with the resources they need to build sustainable movements, institutions and communities structured in care, equity and justice.

📲 Check out our website to learn more.

🔔 Stay up to date about our services and programs by subscribing to our mailing list and following us on social media.

💬 Let your friends, colleagues and community know that TPP is here to support their missions for change!

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