Association of Black Foundation Executives, Inc. The Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) is a membership-based philanthropic organization that advocates for responsive and transformative investments in black communities. This grant will support diversity and impact within African American communities by sponsoring the annual conference for the ABFE in Memphis. The conference will focus on strengthening the field of African American grant makers, while highlighting the philanthropic community within Memphis. View Website Amount $15,000 Year 2018 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System This grant will provide general operating support to the Mayors’ Innovation Project. In 2022, the Mayors’ Innovation Project plans to host two convenings of US mayors, at which they will share best practices on ARPA/IIJA implementation and economic development, among other issues. View Website Amount $24,000 Year 2022 Location Madison, Wisconsin Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Brookings Institution Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program is a public-policy think tank focused on the vital role cities play as engines of economic growth and global competitiveness. This grant serves to bring national visibility to local solutions for achieving shared prosperity and inclusive economic growth in American cities. View Website Amount $559,000 Year 2017 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Center for an Urban Future The center promotes policies that reduce inequality, increase economic mobility and spur economic growth in New York City. This 18-month grant supports development and dissemination of a new, alternative governance model for American cities. View Website Amount $200,000 Year 2016 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Center for Community Progress The national center, formed by the Genesee Institute and the National Vacant Properties Campaign, promotes policy, research and technical assistance to help communities reduce blight from vacant, abandoned and underutilized properties. Five months of funding supported a diamond sponsorship for the Center for Community Progress' sixth national Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference in Detroit. View Website Amount $50,000 Year 2015 Location Flint, Mich. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Citiscope Citicscope is a global news service which offers a weekly newsletter to “city-shapers” who are in positions that determine the future of American cities. This two-year grant supports Citiscope’s urban innovation work. View Website Amount $250,000 Year 2015 Location Minneapolis, Minnesota Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Clinton Global Initiative The initiative of the Clinton Foundation works to bring together private sector, non-profit and government leaders to develop specific, measurable interventions for pressing social and environmental problems. This grant supports 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America conference in Atlanta, Georgia. View Website Amount $280,000 Year 2016 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Clinton Global Initiative The initiative of the Clinton Foundation works to bring together private sector, non-profit and government leaders to develop specific, measurable interventions for pressing social and environmental problems. This grant supports programming for the Clinton Global Initiative America 2014 conference. View Website Amount $250,000 Year 2014 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Communities First Infrastructure Alliance This grant will enable the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance (CFIA) to provide a range of supports to BIPOC communities and community-based organizations trying to direct IIJA dollars in ways that mitigate climate harms and expand economic opportunity for marginalized communities. View Website Amount $1,000,000 Year 2022 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Congress for the New Urbanism The organization is a leader in promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions. This one-year grant supports for the 24th Congress for the New Urbanism held in Detroit. View Website Amount $85,000 Year 2016 Location Chicago, Illinois Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Detroit Strategic Framework, Inc. Detroit Strategic Framework, Inc. is an independent nonprofit organization that houses the Detroit Future City Implementation Office, which works to advance the Detroit Future City Strategic Framework, a highly detailed long-term guide for decision-making for the city. This grant supports development of the 2019 iteration of the Detroit Reinvestment Index. View Website Amount $280,000 Year 2019 Location Detroit, Michigan Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Echoing Green Foundation The foundation works to cultivate social entrepreneurs. This grant funds used to underwrite staffing and other costs of the 2016 gathering of Echoing Green Fellows and build a network of social entrepreneurs in U.S. cities. View Website Amount $50,000 Year 2016 Location New York, N.Y. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Forward Cities The multi-city, national learning collaborative seeks to develop inclusive innovation ecosystems in our nation’s cities. This grant supports the third year of the Forward Cities initiative – a multi-city learning collaborative focused on accelerating inclusive innovation in under-resourced communities of color in American Cities. View Website Amount $63,000 Year 2017 Location Raleigh, North Carolina Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Urban Institute This grant provides project and general operating support to the Urban Institute, with the goal of advancing urban practice that prioritizes inclusive and equitable growth. View Website Amount $1,805,000.00 Year 2021 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Local Initiatives Support Corporation This grant supports Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in expanding the capacity of community development organizations nationwide and promoting social and economic mobility and opportunities through arts and culture. View Website Amount $900,000 Year 2023 Location New York, New York Program American Cities, Arts & Culture, Human Services Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Build From Within Alliance This grant will support an in-person convening of people from Build from Within Alliance's 16 member organizations, key partners, and funders to share ideas and best practices that support micro-entrepreneurs and inclusive community and economic development. View Website Amount $40,000 Year 2023 Location St. Paul, MN Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Communities First Infrastructure Alliance This grant will enable the Communities First Fund to coordinate regional convenings to foster greater coordination and accountability among local, state and federal government officials, capacity builders, technical assistance providers, practitioners and community partners around spending ARPA and IIJA federal infrastructure funds. It will also support its work to incorporate arts and cultural strategists as an element of infrastructure planning and to strengthen the capacity of regional groups and movement intermediaries by providing general operating support. View Website Amount $1,250,000 Year 2023 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Greater Washington Partnership This grant will enable the Greater Washington Partnership to create a transferable model to bring a region’s private and public sector stakeholders together to prioritize, apply for, and win federal funding for regionally significant infrastructure projects and share this model with private sector leaders throughout the U.S. View Website Amount $100,000 Year 2023 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Freedman Consulting, LLC This grant will support What Works Plus (WW+) to coordinate philanthropic actors, think tanks, policy organizations, technical assistance providers, community intermediaries, and federal and local actors as they work towards equitable distribution and implementation of federal infrastructure, climate, and economic development funding. View Website Amount $250,000 Year 2023 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
National League of Cities Institute Inc. This grant will support the Local Infrastructure Hub Bootcamp program. Small and mid-sized cities apply to participate in the bootcamp to improve their applications to competitive grant programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). View Website Amount $1 million Year 2023 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange