Strong Local Economies

Total: $10,115,500

East Bay Community Foundation

  • Oakland, CA
  • $300,000 (2 years)

Continued support for the Great Communities Collaborative, a partnership among the East Bay Community Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, and the Silicon Valley Foundation to catalyze equitable, sustainable transit-oriented development in the nine-county Bay Area and to advocate for supportive transportation and land-use policies to enhance climate change policy. Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Category: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity

Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative

  • Dorchester, MA
  • $200,000

To support the smart growth, transit equity campaign along the Fairmount line while responding to changing housing market and credit conditions and taking advantage of new Federal stimulus funding opportunities.
Category: Community Revitalization- Strong Market Cities (under previous guidelines)

George Washington University - Institute of Public Policy

  • Washington, DC
  • $125,000

To significantly advance the practice of regional economic development by deepening understanding of the interrelated systems driving regional prosperity, identifying knowledge gaps and creating an applied research agenda to bring theory to ground.
Category: Creating Economic Opportunity

German Marshall Fund of the United States

  • Washington, DC
  • $300,000 (3 years)

For an initiative designed to build a sustained network of leading local and regional policymakers and practitioners in five critical cities in transition: Detroit and Flint, Michigan; Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio; and Pittsburgh.
Category: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity

Fund for Our Economic Future

  • Cleveland, OH
  • $500,000 (3 years)

To establish NEO@Work which connects innovators preparing dislocated and lower-skilled workers for the region's emerging opportunities using a network for sharing practices, an innovation fund and policy reform at the state and local levels.
Category: Creating Economic Opportunity

Global Green USA

  • Santa Monica, CA
  • $100,000

To expand the Build it Back Green program in New Orleans to make it stronger and more sustainable through community outreach, green technical assistance, nonprofit rebuild /contractor weatherization training, Home Energy Rating advocacy, and a Green Collaborative.
Category: Community Revitalization-Weak Market Cities(under previous guidelines)

Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities

  • Coral Gables, FL
  • $215,000 (2 years)

To engage funders in opportunities for creating more sustainable and prosperous regions and communities, including restoring prosperity in older industrial cities; reforming transportation policy and practice; and promoting green building strategies. Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Category: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity

Good Jobs First

  • Washington, DC
  • $200,000 (2 years)

To support our Smart Growth for Working Families project that will provide assistance to constituency-based groups and public officials in making economic development greener, more accountable and more inclusive.
Category: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity

JumpStart Inc.

  • Cleveland, OH
  • $500,000 (2 years)

To enable JumpStart Inclusion Advisors to accelerate its programmatic efforts targeting minority, women and inner-city based businesses and entrepreneurs.
Category: Creating Economic Opportunity

Living Cities

  • New York, NY
  • $130,000

To support a Boot Camp that helps regions implement integrative regional planning, building on new Federal investment through the Office of Sustainable Communities.
Category: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity

Green Building Alliance

  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • $75,000

To continue to work with the City of Pittsburgh, and include Allegheny County, in the implementation of the Pittsburgh Climate Initiative and its Climate Action Plan.
Category: Community Revitalization- Weak Market Cities (under previous guidelines)

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

  • New York, NY
  • $450,000 (3 years)

To advance a national Transit Oriented Development agenda in five cities by utilizing national LISC and other resources to build capacity of local communities and create an environment that promotes equity.
Category: Connecting People to Economic Opportunity

Housing Preservation Project

  • St. Paul, MN
  • $120,000

To advocate for effective local and regional policies to ensure affordable housing opportunities for lower income households along the newly emerging Twin Cities network of transit corridors.
Category: Community Revitalization-Strong Market Cities (under previous guidelines)

Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York

  • Syracuse, NY
  • $300,000 (3 years)

To enhance critical elements of the MDA's regional economic strategy and address organizational capacity and program integration issues related to merger with Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.
Category: Creating Economic Opportunity

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City

  • Boston, MA
  • $300,000 (2 years)

To evaluate the potential of locally traded clusters to stimulate inner city economies, provide tools for practitioners to identify local cluster opportunities, and identify private sector practices and public policies to support cluster growth.
Category: Community Revitalization- Strengthening the Field (under previous guidelines)

Midtown Greenway Coalition

  • Minneapolis, MN
  • $50,000

Support for outreach and advocacy efforts to involve a diverse community in guiding the form and character of the Midtown Greenway trail and adjacent public spaces and developments, enabling better integration with this ribbon of green space.
Category: Community Revitalization-Strong Market Cities (under previous guidelines)

NCB Capital Impact

  • Arlington, VA
  • $80,000

To provide ongoing technical assistance to four organizations and to conduct the first comprehensive study on the economic and asset building outcomes for owners of shared equity homes.
Category: Community Revitalization-Strong Market Cities (under previous guidelines)

Neighborhood Partnership Network

  • New Orleans, LA
  • $100,000

To ensure New Orleans' neighborhoods effectively prepare for and engage in the city's new Citizen Participation Program, designed as the vehicle for civic engagement and transparent local government decision-making.