MIT Solve

Submitted

Last Updated March 18, 2023

2023 Indigenous Communities Fellowship

Team Leader

Chip Bernacchio

Solution Overview & Team Lead Details

Our Organization

Charles Bernacchio

What specific problem are you solving?

I have removed my submission due to MIT's limiting policies on proximity to the problem and concepts not being considered

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Other

In what country is your solution team headquartered?

United States

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea for building a product, service, or business model that is being explored for implementation.

How many people does your solution currently serve?

More About Your Solution

What makes your solution innovative?

What is your theory of change?

Which of the following categories best describes your solution?

A new business model or process that relies on technology to be successful

If your solution has a website or an app, provide the links here:

N/A

In which parts of the US and/or Canada do you currently operate?

None

Your Team

What type of organization is your solution team?

Not registered as any organization

How many people work on your solution team?

One full time currently

Your Business Model & Funding

What is your business model?

Value: Lifestyle change from impoverished to sustainable

Key Activities: Nutrition, housing and education upgrade

Type of Intervention: Sustainable food, shelter and education at the individual home level

Segments: Families of Native American Indians

Partners and Key Stakeholders: Federal grants, contractors, National Congress of American Indians, 1,000,000 Native American Indians and 115,000 Native American Indian households

Revenue: $25.2 Billion fedral funding plus crowdfunding and corporate and university donations

Risks: Cultural and physical upgrade change while maintaining American Indian heritage, new technology acceptance, perseverance of education and drug rehabilitation

Do you primarily provide products or services directly to individuals, to other organizations, or to the government?

Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)

What is your plan for becoming financially sustainable?

Federal grants, sustained donations from corporations, universities, and jobs from on and off reservation activities, clean energy plants near reservations (microchip production)

Share some examples of how your plan to achieve financial sustainability has been successful so far.

TBD and can be shown with prize money identifying donations on crowdfunding pages

Solution Team:

Chip Bernacchio