Purpose: Map where intentional communities exist (towns, regions, held/available land) and where they cluster, to inform siting a BIPOC-led permaculture community. Geographic location and IC clustering are the priority signals.

Source list: BIPOC IC Council roster (bipocicc.org / ic.org), ~54 unique organizational members + 10 staff/board.

Rules for this file: Append-only. Each research pass adds a dated section; never overwrite or delete prior entries. Confirmed facts carry a source URL; unknowns are marked "not found" rather than guessed.

Import note: Rows with a confirmed US city + 2-letter state are also written to data/incoming/*.csv as communities draft listings. Entries that are international, location-unknown, or individuals are documented here only (not imported), with the reason noted.

Pass 1 — 2026-08-03 (first ~25%: 14 organizational members, batches A + B)

Clustering summary (most important finding)

Takeaway: Central Virginia (Louisa + Richmond/Henrico orbit) is the standout — a proven IC cluster with an active layer of BIPOC land projects. Prioritize for the permaculture-community goal.

Imported to directory (confirmed US city + state) — 6 rows

1. Abundant Ponds — Livermore, CA (47300 Mines Rd). 140+ acres, Diablo Range; forming eco-village around Rainbow Junction Farm restaurant. Rural, land held/owned (structure unconfirmed). Clustering: weak/isolated. Active/forming (2023). BIPOC-led: unconfirmed. Web: abundantponds.com. Sources: ic.org/directory/abundant-ponds; abundantponds.com/about; therainbowjunctionfarm.com; hipcamp.

2. Acorn Community — Mineral, VA (Louisa County). ~75ac, founded 1993; income-sharing FEC commune; runs Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Communally owned, rural. Clustering: VERY STRONG (Louisa County cluster). Active, ~30 adults. Not specifically BIPOC-led (FEC affiliate/ally). Web: thefec.org/Acorn. Sources: thefec.org/Acorn; Wikipedia Acorn Community Farm; communelifeblog Louisa County Cluster; southernexposure.com.

3. Arrowrock Farm: An Urban Sanctuary — Dayton, OH (4444 Arrowrock Ave, 45424). ~12ac cooperative urban farm; BIPOC-women-led; food to banks/markets. Urban. Clustering: weak/isolated. Active. BIPOC-led: yes. FB: facebook.com/p/Arrowrock-Farm... Sources: facebook; urbanarm.com; yelp.

4. Black Sustainability, Inc. — Atlanta, GA (352 University Ave SW #S103; 678-805-7063). Membership NETWORK (2,500+), not land-based; hub for Black farmers/homesteaders/IC developers (projects in GA, VA, MD, TN, Midwest, Ghana, Jamaica). Active (annual Summit). BIPOC-led: yes. Web: blacksustainability.org; IG @Black.Sustainability; FB BlackSustainabilitySummit. Use as a directory to find Black-led land clusters. Sources: blacksustainability.org/about; secondnature.org; bipocicc.org.

5. Choices Interlinking Alliance — Phoenix, AZ. Black-woman-led youth/racial-justice nonprofit (founder Cozetta Butts-LaMore); nascent permaculture farms planned in N. Arizona + E. Texas. No confirmed land. Urban, not clustered. Active. BIPOC-led: yes. Web: choicesinterlinkingforyouth.org. Sources: about-us page; bizprofile.net; LinkedIn; permacultureglobal.org.

6. Earthlodge Center for Transformation — Long Beach, CA. BIPOC healing-justice center (founder Queen Hollins, est. 2004); Black Southern Indigenous traditions; healing pit, herbal gardens. Urban, not rural land, not clustered. Active. BIPOC-led: yes. Web: earthlodgecenter.org; IG @earthlodgecenter; (323) 387-8739. Sources: bipocicc.org/wpbdp_listing/earthlodge; earthlodgecenter.org; lbpost.com; GuideStar 82-2538346.

Documented only (not imported) — reason noted

7. Alan O'Hashi – Whole Brain Thinker — Boulder, CO (Silver Sage Village cohousing). Reason: individual, not a landholding community. Japanese-American author/filmmaker (Boulder Community Media); documents cohousing/aging-in-community. Clustering: Boulder cohousing corridor (Wild Sage, Nomad, Nyland). BIPOC-led: yes. Web: alanohashi.com; bouldercomedia.com. A networking/knowledge resource.

8. Artistic Apothecary — NM (city not published). Reason: no city; no land yet. Genderqueer People-of-Culture collective-care org (since 2011); seeking a COLLECTIVE LAND TRUST via reparations for a multicultural center + heritage gardens. BIPOC-led: yes. Active. Web: artisticapothecary.org. Potential land-trust partner/model. Sources: bipocicc.org/wpbdp_listing/artistic-apothecary; artisticapothecary.org.

9. Batwa Indigenous Development Organization (BIDO) — SW Uganda (near Kisoro/Bwindi). Reason: international; US-schema state can't apply. Indigenous Batwa-led org (est. 2015, NGO 2022) on land rights, education, livelihoods after forest eviction; Batwa are largely land-dispossessed. BIPOC-led: yes. Web: batwaz-bido.org. Sources: batwaz-bido.org; betterplace.org.

10. Casa Tierra Centro De Rematriación — location unknown. Reason: no verifiable location/site. Roster-only; name = "Earth House Center for Rematriation" (likely Latino/Indigenous land-rematriation focus). BIPOC-led: probable. All else not found. Source: bipocicc.org/council-members. Needs direct outreach (bipocfund@ic.org) to place.

11. Central Virginia Collective / Armonia Farm — Central VA (city unconfirmed). Reason: no confirmed city/parcel. Listed twice on roster (likely one entity). Clustering: HIGH — greater Richmond/Henrico/Louisa is IC-dense (Twin Oaks, Acorn, Sapling; CVACLT ~150ac across Varina/Petersburg/Amelia; Sovereign Earthworks; Serenity Solidarity). BIPOC-led: probable. Sources: bipocicc.org; virginiamercury.com (Henrico 60ac, context only); cvaac.org (neighbor, not confirmation). High-priority to geolocate.

12. Collective Power — location unknown. Reason: no verifiable location. Roster-only; generic name; no distinguishing site. BIPOC-led: probable. Source: bipocicc.org. Needs outreach.

13. Community Development Association of Arkansas, California and PA — multi-state (AR/CA/PA), HQ unclear. Reason: no confirmed city/HQ. Roster-only; searches returned unrelated agencies. AR linkage notable near Sankofa Village Arkansas (forming Black-led CLT, Central AR land search 2024) — connection unverified. BIPOC-led: probable. Sources: bipocicc.org; sankofavillagearkansas.com (context only).

14. Earthly Wilds Community — likely Torch Lake, MI (Antrim County). Reason: identity/city unconfirmed. Only match is Earthly Wilds Farm (earthlywilds.farm), off-grid regenerative market garden run by Miles Rose on land owned by the nonprofit Chalfonte Foundation. Whether roster "Community" = this farm is unconfirmed. Clustering: scattered N. Michigan permaculture homesteads, no BIPOC-IC cluster. Sources: bipocicc.org; earthlywilds.farm; torchlakecoop.com.

Open follow-ups from Pass 1

• Geolocate Central Virginia Collective / Armonia Farm (high clustering value).
• Direct outreach via bipocfund@ic.org for the "dark" roster-only entries (Casa Tierra, Collective Power, Community Development Association).
• Confirm whether Earthly Wilds Community = Earthly Wilds Farm (Torch Lake, MI).
• Deepen the Central Virginia and Central Arkansas cluster maps; cross-reference Black Sustainability, Inc. member directory for additional Black-led land projects.

Pass 2 — 2026-08-03 (orgs 15–28, batches C1 + C2)

Research now mirrors the FIC directory advanced-search criteria (setting, forming status, community type, land owner, decision-making, income share, member counts, diet, spiritual/religious, education, energy, % food/renewable, network affiliations) plus web + social media. Note: the BIPOC ICC's own wpbdp_listing directory pages are now largely offline (404), and most of these orgs are not in the FIC ic.org/directory, so many FIC fields are genuinely "not found" rather than guessed.

Clustering summary (Pass 2)

Takeaway: The Hudson Valley, NY now rivals Central Virginia (Pass 1) as a top siting region — a genuinely dense BIPOC land-return cluster with a CLT (Indigenous Mothers) actively holding a 102-acre tract.

Imported to directory (batch2.csv) — 9 rows

Grandmothers' Village Project (Randolph, MA — forming ecovillage, ~145ac target); Growing Ancestral Roots (Corvallis, OR — cultural garden collective); Growing & Growth Collective (Columbus, OH — urban ag); Indigenous Mothers Community Land Trust (Middletown, NY — 102ac CLT, strong cluster); Let's Be Whole (Los Angeles, CA — urban wellness/food equity); Liberated Lands (Mount Vernon, NY — urban farm, Hudson Valley edge); Lincoln Beach Civic League (New Orleans, LA — civic advocacy, entity ambiguous); Mahogany Manifesto (Columbus, OH — wellness/urban ag); Mosaic Heritage Homeschool Collective (Frederick, MD — homeschool co-op).

Documented only (not imported) — reason noted

• Hearers Hermitage — reason: no findable location or web/social presence (roster-only). Name implies a spiritual/contemplative hermitage. All fields not found. Needs outreach (bipocfund@ic.org).
• International Welcome Center — reason: international (Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador). Established shared-housing/coliving "hub" (Global Underground Railroad); ~$500/mo fee; Holacracy governance; has a full FIC listing. Outside US siting scope. Web: GlobalUndergroundRailroad.com.
• Kinstead — reason: international (Småland, Sweden). Forming chosen-family homestead/ecovillage (8 people, 6 countries), commoning/stewardship land model, seeking property. Networked with European ecovillages (Earthbound, Löwenherz/DE, EcoDharma). Web: kinsteadcommunity.substack.com; IG @kinstead.community.
• Lgapha Energy TTD Co-Op — reason: location only inferred (Washington, DC via chair Loryne Joyce Bowen's LinkedIn); very thin footprint. Energy cooperative; active status unclear. Needs outreach.
• Marooners — reason: genuinely undiscoverable (searches surfaced only unrelated entities). Roster-only. Needs outreach.

Open follow-ups from Pass 2

• Deepen the Hudson Valley, NY cluster map (Indigenous Mothers CLT, Liberated Lands, Wildseed, Kingston Land Trust, Soul Fire Farm) — cross-reference with the Pass-3 entry for Wildseed Community Farm.
• Direct outreach via bipocfund@ic.org for the dark entries: Hearers Hermitage, Lgapha Energy TTD, Marooners.
• Confirm whether Grandmothers' Village Project and the roster's separate "Wisdom Tree Village" are the same project (Pass 3 will research Wisdom Tree Village).
• Clarify Lincoln Beach Civic League vs "New Orleans for Lincoln Beach" (possible same/overlapping entity).