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
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
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
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
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
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
Urban Institute The nonpartisan economic and social-policy research institute disseminates its findings to a broad audience and informs community development to promote social, civic, and economic well-being. This two-year grant supports efforts to advance policies and practices which accelerate shared prosperity in American Cities View Website Amount $2,165,000 Year 2019 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
Urban Institute The policy-research organization identifies, measures, assesses and evaluates responses to social problems such as segregation and poverty. This two-and-a-half year grant funds work to address issues of economic and social inclusion in Detroit’s revitalization by funding analysis, discussion and creation of a policy playbook on inclusive recovery. View Website Amount $660,000 Year 2015 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
University of Southern California Housed at the university’s Keck School of Medicine, the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center spearheads research on traffic-related health impacts. This 16-month grant supports a research project, discussion series and major forum on Detroit's turnaround to be administered and hosted by the University of Southern California's Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy. View Website Amount $751,700 Year 2015 Location Los Angeles, California Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
University of Chicago The university’s Office of Civic Engagement is a leading urban research institution working to improve the quality of life for residents of the Mid-South Side of Chicago through research, free-standing youth programs, and helping expand economic opportunity for residents of the city through hiring and procurement. This grant supports a series of symposia on the state of urban civil rights in America. View Website Amount $35,000 Year 2015 Location Chicago, Illinois Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
University of Chicago The university’s Office of Civic Engagement is a leading urban research institution working to improve the quality of life for residents of the Mid-South Side of Chicago through research, free-standing youth programs, and helping expand economic opportunity for residents of the city through hiring and procurement. This grant supports the development of a two-day conference that convenes community-based practitioners, urban policy experts, applied researchers, scholars and representatives of philanthropy for a discussion of place-based interventions. View Website Amount $190,000 Year 2019 Location Chicago, Illinois Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
The New School Geography Served: Chicago, Illinois Project: This grant seeks to advance shared prosperity in Chicago by contributing to the Color of Wealth study, led by the Chicago Community Trust. View Website Amount $145,000 Year 2020 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
The Brookings Institution Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program conducts research and policy analysis focusing on the health and vitality of cities and metropolitan areas. This three-year grant supports the program’s research, policy, practice and practitioner network building. View Website Amount $2.3 million Year 2014 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
The Brookings Institution Geography Served: Washington, D.C. Project: The public-policy think tank's Metropolitan Policy Program focuses attention on the vital role cities play as engines of economic growth and global competitiveness. This grant supports the Metropolitan Policy Program’s engagement in the Shared Prosperity Partnership—a collaboration of the Kresge Foundation, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, the Urban Institute, and Living Cities that seeks to support and accelerate local inclusive economy efforts by adding resources and connecting local leadership with national practitioners and researchers. View Website Amount $1,255,000 Year 2018 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
The Brookings Institution The public-policy think tank's Metropolitan Policy Program focuses attention on the vital role cities play as engines of economic growth and global competitiveness. This grant supports the Metropolitan Policy Program’s engagement in the Shared Prosperity Partnership – a collaboration of the Kresge Foundation, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, the Urban Institute and Living Cities that seeks to support and accelerate local inclusive economy efforts by adding resources and connecting local leadership with national practitioners and researchers. View Website Amount $1.255 million Year 2018 Location Washington, D.C. Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
SDSN Association, Inc. Geography Served: New York, New York Project: The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) aims to accelerate joint learning and promote integrated approaches that address the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world. This grant will support the development of the US Sustainable Development Goals Cities Index as well as the creation of a partnership between the SDSN and the City of New Orleans to evaluate the city’s alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2018 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange
SDSN Association, Inc. The U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) aims to accelerate joint learning and promote integrated approaches that address the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world. This grant supports the development of the U.S. Sustainable Development Goals Cities Index as well as the creation of a partnership between the SDSN and the City of New Orleans to evaluate the city’s alignment with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. View Website Amount $300,000 Year 2018 Location New York, New York Program American Cities Focus Area Knowledge Exchange