Our Core Services
Through financial knowledge, capital, and affordable housing preservation, we empower thousands of families in Greater Philadelphia to build and preserve their wealth.
How We Invest in Our Communities
Financial Empowerment
Our judgment-free, relationship-based approach to counseling helps clients achieve their self-set goals through a personalized action plan and unlimited sessions at no cost to them.
Housing
Success
We help clients find and stay in a safe, secure, and sustainable home through our trauma-informed counseling, advocacy, and case management, as well as a wealth preservation program that makes home repair more accessible and affordable.
Direct
Assistance
We combine our certified counseling with cash grants to help families unlock economic mobility – not only for themselves, but for the next generation.
In 2024, Clarifi:
- Served 3,259 households in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
- Provided 4,911 certified, one-to-one counseling sessions
- Disbursed $1.3 million to hundreds of families for financial and housing stabilization
- Helped 1,162 people improve their budgeting and meet basic needs
- Secured $6.95 million in low-barrier capital for necessary home repairs
Our 2024 Annual Report
Clarifi was invested in 2024. Read more about how we helped thousands of families across the Delaware Valley stabilize, build, and preserve their wealth:
DownloadOur Commitment to Economic Justice
In Philadelphia, one in four Black people and 29% of children live in poverty. We are grappling with nearly 13,000 eviction filings in 2023, along with a $57 billion gap in appreciation values between properties in majority-white neighborhoods and non-white neighborhoods. Nationally, there is a $3 trillion racial wealth gap between Black and White Americans, nearly half of which is related to housing disparities.
At Clarifi, we are driven by the belief that social justice cannot be achieved without financial justice—and the opportunity for all people to build assets and wealth beyond just income. We layer resources, services and technical assistance that bolster financial stability and access to affordable housing.
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