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Why You Should Join NCI

NCI is a results-driven organization known for its success, operating with integrity, grace, and honor, while providing valuable services and embodying faith-based principles.


NCI is highly revered and has earned immense respect and global recognition from leaders across a diverse spectrum of sectors, including politics, entertainment, healthcare, technology, religion, education, and economic development.


Dr. Mary Lee, with her benevolent leadership and hands-on approach, is committed to providing support to each endeavor undertaken by NCI, ensuring that every business, collaborative project, and service onboarded receives her personal guidance and attention.


NCI offers ongoing management and mentorship, ensuring continuous support for both existing and future endeavors. NCI is dedicated to providing guidance throughout the entire lifecycle of projects, fostering their success from inception to culmination.


NCI actively fosters collaborations on both national and international levels, promoting the development of initiatives that advance new ideas and innovative approaches. With a focus on addressing rapidly evolving economic conditions and eradicating poverty, NCI encourages partnerships that drive creative solutions.


NCI provides systematic and structural strategies that mirror the efficiency and effectiveness of the US Government at various levels, including Federal, State, County, and Municipal. By incorporating these proven approaches, NCI aims to maximize its impact and facilitate successful implementation of initiatives across different administrative tiers.


NCI stands out as the sole economic development support organization that effectively navigates the system, bridging the gap between businesses/entrepreneurs and funders. Through its unique expertise, NCI facilitates meaningful connections and interactions, ensuring that entrepreneurs and businesses receive the necessary support and funding to thrive.


NCI’s services are carefully curated to maximize the funding success of businesses by presenting shovel-ready projects to potential funders. By preparing projects to be “shovel-ready,” NCI ensures that they are thoroughly planned, well-developed, and ready for implementation. This approach significantly enhances the likelihood of securing funding and expedites the process of turning business ideas into tangible realities.

Additional Benefits

Gain knowledge, tools, and empowerment to eliminate barriers impeding access to employability & economic success, and to reclaim our place at the economic table.

Gain connections to business funding from venture capital to earmarked government grants.

Access to nationwide & global network of individuals, small businesses, religious institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.

Access to safe & quality programming tailored to support family life and communal development.

Ability to engage in projects such as affordable housing, education & mentoring, healthcare, outreach, transportation, manufacturing, retail, food industries, technology, and more.

Access to various programs and services that NCI runs, such as organizing & development of NCI supported affiliate Community Development Corporations (CDC) and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI).

Collaboration on flagship projects, fundraising, and networking events such as, Create Your Genius, Detroit School of Arts Project, The Opulent Society of the Black Diasporas, Dreams of Our Dead Homies Coalition, and other collaborative projects including Dr. MaryLee Live Broadcast, 400 Years of African American History (HR 1242), Digital Divide Project, Diversity Suppliers for Chain Stores, Farm to Table For Black Farmers, Metaverse Content Lab, and many other diversified projects.

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Join us in helping communities across the nation to succeed economically! Together we will launch powerful collaborative business initiatives that will ignite a huge financial paradigm shift in the funding streams that are gentrifying the cities across the nation.

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