Kultivate Labs is a Non-profit Economic Development and Arts Organization

What started as the economic development strategy of San Francisco's Soma Pilipinas Cultural District will become our model for community conscious development.

Recognizing that there was huge a gap between what the Filipino community needed to develop its cultural district and what was available to accomplish this task, our founder Desi Danganan was inspired to start Kultivate Labs.

The Filipino people, like many people of color have been marginalized for centuries. They were forced into a worldwide diaspora to seek a better life as blue collar laborers, sailors, soldiers, nannies, entertainers, etc.

Many children of the Filipino diaspora have overcome the challenges of marginalization and have risen to the highest levels of education and prominence. No matter what level of success, they all posses the potential, talent, and drive to succeed.

Now we're given a golden opportunity to live up to our potential by abandoning the colonial mindset that's plagued our people and signal the start of a new Filipino Business Renaissance. Kultivate Labs is the culmination of our forefathers' struggles and a new chapter of the American Dream.

If we're successful in creating a thriving commercial community for SOMA Pilipinas, then we can take this model and apply to other communities seeking to develop themselves in a socially conscious way.