ABOUT US

We exist because every person deserves a chance to thrive — and in neighborhoods where people care, support flows. At The Neighborhoods Foundation, we invest in those striving despite hardship, so that dignity, hope, and community can flourish.

Two Boys from West Valley, Utah

In the dusty sprawl of West Valley City in the late ’70s, two boys were learning what it meant to grow up poor and Mormon.

Travis and Davy didn’t know each other then — not yet. But their stories ran in parallel down the same cracked streets, past the same chain-link fences, and through the same worn-down church halls.

Their parents worked long hours — factory shifts, night janitor jobs, anything that kept food on the table and the power bill paid another month. The boys learned early that clothes didn’t come from stores; they came from the Deseret Industries or "DI" as it was called. If you wanted a new baseball mitt or a school trip, you earned it — mowing lawns, delivering papers, collecting cans.

Sundays were for church, where everyone smiled but money still whispered in the gaps between pews. Sometimes the bishop dropped off groceries. Sometimes the neighbors left a box on the porch. That was help — quiet, kind, never forgotten.

In high school, Travis and Davy finally crossed paths — two kids who didn’t have much, but recognized something familiar in each other: grit, humor, and the unspoken understanding of what it took just to stay afloat. They laughed, fought, worked, dreamed — and learned that friendship, like faith, was something you built one small act at a time.

Years later, as men, they would look back and realize those lean years had forged something lasting. Poverty had been their teacher, struggle their compass, and grace — often disguised as a neighbor’s kindness — their guide.

They grew up poor, but rich in what endures: faith, friendship, and the stubborn hope that better days can come from humble beginnings.

Raising Families in Lean Years

By the late ’90s, Davy and Becky Crockett and Travis and Amber West were both starting families — young couples with calloused hands, deep faith, and dreams bigger than their paychecks.

For Davy and Becky, life began in Utah County — then on to Las Vegas during the boom years, when every street seemed lined with promise and half-built subdivisions. But when the crash came in 2008, the jobs vanished, the phone stopped ringing, and the future they’d built on hard work nearly fell apart. Davy came close to losing everything, but he didn’t. He took what work he could — a call center job, side hustles, long days and longer nights — anything to keep the lights on and food on the table. Quietly, friends and family stepped in with help, proving again that survival often depends on the kindness of others. In time, he rebuilt — degree in hand, experience hard-earned — and went on to found Control Power Concepts, turning lessons learned in loss into a business built on precision and perseverance.

Meanwhile, Travis and Amber started their life together in Utah, then followed opportunity east to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. There, Travis found his way into the growing world of technology — first on the phones, then in server rooms, learning the language of computers one late night at a time. The early 2000s brought kids, commutes, and constant balancing acts. When the 2010 real estate collapse hit, they lost almost everything. Years of financial struggle ensued, along with long years of clawing back — second jobs, hard lessons, and unshakable faith that tomorrow would be better. Slowly, it was. With time and grit, Travis built a career in technology, eventually becoming a Product Manager — one of those steady, unseen anchors of modern life.

For both families, the years blurred between work, church, school, and bills — the endless cycle of trying to stay one step ahead. Yet, through every downturn and every moment of grace, they never stopped believing in effort, in kindness, in the quiet miracle of ordinary perseverance.

OUR VISION

Why Invest in the Vision?

At The Neighborhoods Foundation, we believe that the greatest investment we can make is in one another.
Our founders have lived the struggles that millions of families quietly face — losing jobs, stretching paychecks, and relying on the kindness of others to make it through. They also know what happens when that kindness is multiplied: lives stabilize, children thrive, and entire neighborhoods begin to heal.
That’s why we created the Neighborhoods Endowment Fund — a perpetual source of hope designed to deliver direct, dignified financial relief to people who are doing everything right, yet still fall short. Every contribution you make is not a transaction — it’s a transformation.

Your investment doesn’t disappear; it compounds.

It grows in a responsibly managed portfolio led by a 30-year investment professional donating his expertise.
It generates sustainable returns through interest, dividends, and capital gains.
It redistributes those returns into the hands of individuals and families fighting for stability, without stripping away their dignity or privacy.

When you invest in this vision, you’re not just giving money — you’re giving momentum. You’re empowering people who refuse to quit, strengthening the very fabric of community life, and proving that generosity is the most stable currency we have.

Invest in the vision where compassion earns compound interest — where neighbors help neighbors, and hope becomes generational.

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