Grant Highlights

Community Development

$250,000
North Hollywood, Calif.
Grant awarded in 2011

This nonprofit organization helps families transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing, enhanced with supportive services, delivered through three shelters and 18 permanent rental properties. This two-year grant funds the expansion of its model Housing Stability Program, which provides affordable, permanent housing and comprehensive wraparound services to chronically homeless families.

Categories: Community Development
$3 million
New York

The philanthropic, corporate, and public-sector partnership was established to bring community-development opportunities and the financial power of mainstream markets to urban neighborhoods and residents. A three-year grant supports Living Cities’ Integration Initiative, a new program to foster work that creates models for systems reform and regional cooperation in distressed communities.

Categories: Community Development
$3,000,000
New York
Grant awarded in 2010

The philanthropic, corporate, and public-sector partnership was established to bring community-development opportunities and the financial power of mainstream markets to urban neighborhoods and residents. This three-year grant supports the work of Living Cities, especially through its Integration Initiative, a new program to foster models for systems reform and regional cooperation in distressed communities.

Categories: Community Development
$1,425,000
New York
Grant awarded in 2011

The national community-development intermediary works through 30 local offices in 25 states to revitalize the nation’s neighborhoods. It helps community-based organizations gain access to financial capital, expertise, and policy support to create affordable housing and commercial activity. This two-year grant continues support for the expansion of its Building Sustainable Communities initiative, a multifaceted approach to revitalization in cities and rural areas.

Categories: Community Development
$750,000
New York
Grant awarded in 2010

The national community-development and revitalization organization works through 30 local offices in 25 states to assist community-based organizations in accessing financial capital, expertise, and policy support to create affordable housing and commercial activity in the nation’s neighborhoods. Funding accelerates the expansion of its Building Sustainable Communities initiative in 20 cities and rural areas.

Categories: Community Development
$1,000,000
New York
Grant awarded in 2009

The national community development and revitalization organization works through 30 local offices in 25 states to assist community-based organizations in accessing financial capital, expertise, and policy support to create affordable housing and commercial activity in the nation’s neighborhoods. This general-operations grant supports continued implementation of the five-pronged Building Sustainable Communities strategic plan.

Categories: Community Development
$300,000
San Francisco
Grant awarded in 2009

The community development financial institution channels private capital into communities to support affordable housing and community facilities such as child care centers, health clinics, and shelters. This grant creates the Los Angeles County Housing Innovation Fund, a $60 million high-risk fund designed to jump-start the development of affordable housing.

Categories: Community Development
$150,000
New Orleans
Grant awarded in 2010

Established in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the nonprofit is rebuilding 150 affordable, green, storm-resistant homes in New Orleans’ devastated Lower Ninth Ward to help former residents resettle their neighborhood and rebuild their lives. This grant enables Make It Right to develop and refine a strategic plan to guide its future direction, governance, and expansion.

Categories: Community Development
$150,000
New Orleans
Grant awarded in 2010

Established in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the nonprofit is rebuilding 150 affordable, green, storm-resistant homes in New Orleans’ devastated Lower Ninth Ward to help former residents resettle their neighborhood and rebuild their lives. This grant enables Make It Right to develop and refine a strategic plan to guide its future direction, governance, and expansion.

Categories: Community Development
$400,000
St. Paul, Minn.
Grant awarded in 2009

Over the past 15 years, the center has developed a critical mass of small businesses owned by community residents by providing business training and capital to 4,000 entrepreneurs, and nurturing startups at six business incubators. This two-year grant helps to renovate and support the year-round Midtown Global Market.

Categories: Community Development