Richmond, California • Breaking Cycles, Rebuilding Futures

In a country where mass incarceration has become a generational trap, 1 Hundred Years Enterprise Foundation stands as a living testament to transformation. Founded by three men who collectively served 100 years in prison, the organization was born from lived experience — from a system that profits from punishment while starving opportunity.

In the United States, Black Americans are incarcerated at nearly five times the rate of white Americans. Young Black men, in particular, are more likely to enter a prison cell than a college classroom. Even after release, doors to employment, housing, and education remain locked. The cycle continues — unless someone intervenes.

That intervention is what 1 Hundred Years Enterprise embodies. Their mission is not just to reduce incarceration — it is to rebuild lives before the system ever claims them. Through mentorship, family programs, and community connection, they meet people at the intersection of risk and potential, turning survival into purpose.

Their guiding values — Honesty, Relationships, and Loyalty — reflect hard-earned wisdom: that healing and accountability can only grow in truth, and that no person’s story ends where it broke.

What They Offer

• 1:1 Youth Mentorship — Guidance from mentors who understand struggle firsthand. These are not lectures; they are lifelines — helping young people choose life before the system chooses for them.

• Family Restoration Sessions — Rebuilding the bonds that incarceration and trauma have fractured. Families learn to communicate, heal, and stand together again.

• Community Workshops & Speaking Engagements — Conversations on justice reform, emotional healing, and resilience that reach schools, organizations, and correctional facilities.

• The 100 Years Podcast — A powerful platform for stories of survival, reentry, and redemption, amplifying voices too often silenced.

Who They Serve

Youth and families across Richmond and the greater East Bay — especially those touched by incarceration, community violence, or systemic neglect. Their programs provide pathways for prevention, transformation, and sustainable reentry.

Why Their Work Matters

For generations, Black communities have been over-policed, under-protected, and systematically pushed toward incarceration rather than opportunity. 1 Hundred Years Enterprise disrupts that pattern. They don’t wait for reform to trickle down — they model it from within.

Every mentor, every family circle, every conversation chips away at the lie that incarceration defines worth. By transforming their own pain into purpose, the founders have built a bridge strong enough for others to cross — from confinement to community, from stigma to strength.

Their work reminds us that healing is not abstract policy.

It’s personal.

It’s local.

It’s now.

How to Connect

Website: https://www.1hundredyears.biz

Phone: (510) 560-6203

Richmond, California • Serving the Bay Area

Book a Consultation through their website for services or ways to give!

Partnership Acknowledgment

The organizations featured in our Miles of Connections profiles are part of a county-wide effort to advance health, healing, and well-being within Contra Costa’s Black communities. Along with The Miles Hall Foundation, twelve organizations received funding through Contra Costa County to expand culturally rooted care and community support.

This work is built from the voices of over 4,000 Black residents who shaped the vision for a stronger ecosystem of services. In response, on August 12, 2025, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the launch of what will become the Federal Glover African American Holistic Wellness and Resource Hub — a coordinated network of Black-led wellness services to be anchored in East County.

The Contra Costa Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ), in partnership with the East Bay Community Foundation, is supporting this first cohort of organizations to ensure services reach the community now while the Hub’s long-term infrastructure is built.

As part of this initiative, The Miles Hall Foundation leads the “Miles of Connections” outreach effort, helping residents learn about, access, and connect with these vital healing resources.