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- Center for Livable Communities (Sacramento, CA) - national initiative of the Local Government Commission (LGC), a
nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization of elected officials, city and county staff, and other interested individuals
throughout California and other states, which helps local governments to identify and implement solutions to today's
problems, including the expansion of transportation alternatives, reduction in infrastructure costs, creation of more
affordable housing, improvement in air quality, preservation of natural resources, conservation of agricultural land and open
space, and restoration of local economic and social vitality
- Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) (Chicago, IL) - aims to invent and implement new tools and methods that
create livable urban communities for everyone, believing that the combination of economic growth and accelerating
urbanization holds the promise of a better life for the world's population, because cities are the key to equitable wealth
creation, efficient resource use and livable communities
- Civic Practices Network (CPN) (Waltham, MA) - collaborative and nonpartisan project which brings together a diverse
array of organizations and perspectives within the civic renewal movement that share a commitment to bringing practical
methods for public problem solving into every community and institutional setting in America
- Community Associations Institute (CAI) (Alexandria, VA) - national multi-disciplinary non-profit organization dedicated to
fostering vibrant, responsive, competent community associations by assisting them in promoting harmony, community, and
responsible leadership
- Community Development Society (CDS) (Columbus, OH) - professional association for community development
practitioners and citizen leaders around the world
- Community Leadership Association (Indianapolis, IN) - non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing leadership in
communities throughout the United States and internationally through training seminars, annual leadership conferences,
collaborations and partnerships, and educational publications
- Corporation for National and Community Service (Washington, DC) - Presidential initiative that provides opportunities for
Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through the Senior Corps, AmeriCorps or
Learn and Serve America, with members and volunteers serving with national and community nonprofit organizations,
faith-based groups, schools and local agencies to help meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety,
homeland security and other critical areas
- Council of State Community Development Agencies (COSCDA) (Washington, DC) - national association which
advocates and enhances the leadership role of states in community development through innovative policy development and
implementation, customer-driven technical assistance, education and collaborative efforts
- E.F. Schumacher Society (Great Barrington, MA) - educational non-profit organization that initiates practical measures that
lead to community revitalization and further the transition toward an economically and ecologically sustainable society,
thereby demonstrating that both social and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the values of
human-scale communities and respect for the natural environment to economic issues
- Handsnet (San Jose, CA) - works to make online collaboration and information sharing a reality for the human services
community, empowering organizations to effectively integrate new online strategies, and strengthening their program and
policy work on behalf of people in need
- National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) (Washington, DC) - public interest and advocacy group that
promotes a regional approach to community, economic and rural development and provides training, information and
representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural America
- Points of Light Foundation (Washington, DC) - promotes volunteerism, working with over 500 Volunteer Centers in
communities throughout the United States, and believing that, at the core of most social problems, lie disconnection and
alienation
- Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) (Boston, MA) - national non-profit organization that works to achieve positive
outcomes on behalf of people with disabilities, people who are homeless, and people with other special needs by providing
state-of-the-art information, capacity building, and technical expertise to organizations and policymakers in the areas of
mental health, substance abuse, human services, and affordable housing
- YMCA of the USA (Chicago, IL) - the largest not-for-profit community service organizations in America, working to meet
the health and social service needs of 17.9 million men, women and children of all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes
in 10,000 communities in the USA
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- Enterprise & Investment
- Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) (Arlington, VA) - national association of organizations committed to
microenterprise development, providing its members with a forum, information, and a voice to promote enterprise
opportunity for people and communities with limited access to economic resources
- Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions (Arlington, VA) - ad hoc policy development and advocacy
initiative dedicated to increasing public and financial support for and awareness of CDFIs through advocacy, public
education, training, and outreach
- Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) (Washington, DC) - fosters widely shared and sustainable economic
well-being by promoting asset-building and economic opportunity strategies, primarily in low-income and distressed
communities, that bring together community practice, public policy, and private markets in new and effective ways
- The Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, MD) - national, nonprofit housing and community development organization
dedicated to bringing lasting improvements to distressed communities through a network of more than 1,100 nonprofit,
community-based organizations in more than 400 locations
- Institute for Community Economics (ICE) (Springfield, MA) - national community development organization that promotes
economic justice through community land trusts (CLTs) and community investment, thereby assisting hundreds of
grassroots organizations to build or rehabilitate thousands of units of permanently affordable housing in both rural and urban
neighborhoods throughout the country
- Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) (Washington, DC) - nonprofit research and educational organization that provides
technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies, working with citizen
groups, governments and private businesses in developing policies that extract the maximum value from local resources
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) (New York, NY) - provides grants, loans and equity investments to CDCs
for neighborhood redevelopment, matching locally-raised funds which go to a variety of projects that will best suit the
neighborhood
- National Community Capital Association (NCCA) (Philadelphia, PA) - national membership organization of community
development financial institutions (CDFIs) which provide capital, technical assistance, and development services to support
the revitalization of economically-disadvantaged urban, rural, and reservation-based communities across the United States
- National Community Investment Fund (NCDF) (Chicago, IL) - National Community Investment Fund's mission is to
increase the number and capacity of domestic, insured, depository institutions that are both effective agents of local
community development and sound financial institutions
- National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) (Washington, DC) - coalition of national, regional and local
organizations that aims to develop and harness the collective energies of community reinvestment organizations from across
the country so as to increase the flow of private capital into traditionally underserved communities
- National Cooperative Bank (NCB) (Washington, DC) - provides comprehensive financial services to cooperatives and
other member-owned organizations throughout the country, enabling cooperative endeavors throughout America, both
large and small, urban and rural, to grow and succeed by crafting financial solutions tailored to their individual needs, and
the needs of their members
- National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU) (New York, NY) - coalition of credit union
leaders dedicated to revitalizing low-income communities
- Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) (Washington, DC) - national network of foundations and philanthropic organizations
who support community-based efforts that improve economic and social conditions in low-income communities, providing
information, learning opportunities, critical thinking and other professional development activities
- Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) (Washington, DC) - national nonprofit organization created by Congress
to provide financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts
- Trickle Up Program (New York, NY) - helps the poorest of the poor take their first step up out of poverty by providing
them with conditional seed grants and business training to help them start or expand their own business ventures,
empowering the world's neediest people in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the United States
- Woodstock Institute (Chicago, IL) - promotes community reinvestment and economic development in low-income and
minority communities, working with a wide variety of organizations and individuals and providing technical assistance and
education
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- Housing
- Cooperative Housing Coalition (Washington, DC) - non-profit corporation which aims to positively impact public policy,
through interaction with Congress and government agencies, for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the environment
for existing and new housing cooperatives
- Cohousing Association of the United States (Coho-US) (Oakland, CA) - organization whose purpose is to promote and
encourage the cohousing concept, support both individuals and groups in creating communities, provide assistance to
completed groups for improving their systems for living together in community, and provide networking opportunities for
those involved or interested in cohousing
- Housing Assistance Council (HAC) (Washington, DC) - helps local organizations build affordable homes in rural America,
emphasizing local solutions, empowerment of the poor, reduced dependence, and self-help strategies, and focussing
especially on high-need groups and regions, including Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest
border colonias, and Appalachia Habitat for Humanity (HFH) (Americas, GA, USA) - volunteer-driven organisation that
builds low-income housing, including where they build, how the process works, and how people can get involved
- Innovative Housing Institute (IHI) (Baltimore, MD) - non-profit entity that assists local housing agencies and governments
in cutting edge methods and techniques necessary to develop and manage the highest quality possible affordable housing
product in today's changing environment
- McAuley Institute (Silver Spring, MA) - national, nonprofit housing organization founded by the Sisters of Mercy, which
provides state-of-the-art technical assistance and financial resources to grassroots organizations that work to expand
housing and economic opportunities for low-income women and their families
- Mercy Housing (Denver, CO) - national not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating and strengthening healthy
communities by developing, operating and financing quality, affordable, service enriched housing, so as to change the lives
of individuals and families and revitalize distressed neighborhoods
- National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) (Washington, DC) - national membership organization that
promotes, supports, and upholds tribes and tribal housing agencies in their efforts to provide culturally-relevant, decent,
safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for Native people in American Indian communities and Alaska Native villages
- National Association of Housing Cooperatives (NAHC) (Washington, DC) - nonprofit national federation of housing
cooperatives, mutual housing associations, member associations, other resident-owned or controlled housing,
professionals, organizations, and individuals interested in promoting the interests of cooperative housing communities
- National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) (Washington, DC) - national, nonprofit organization created by the
nation's state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to assist them in increasing housing opportunities for lower income and
underserved people through the financing, development, and preservation of affordable housing
- National Housing Trust (Washington, DC) - national nonprofit organization formed to preserve and improve affordable
multi-family homes for low and moderate income use by saving properties at risk of conversion to market rate housing and
resolving the problems of "troubled" properties that suffer from physical deterioration and financial and social distress
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- Planning
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) (Washington, DC) - nonprofit, membership organization
established in 1994 to serve the needs and interests of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) nationwide, which have
responsibility for planning, programming and coordination of federal highway and transit investments
- Citistates Group - virtual network of journalists, speakers and civic leaders focused on building competitive, equitable and
sustainable 21st century metropolitan regions
- Neighborhood Planning For Community Revitalization (NPCR) (South Minneapolis, MN) - builds partnerships between
community-based organizations, and local colleges and universities around community building activities
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- Rural Communities
- Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) (Macomb, IL) - aims to improve the quality of life in rural areas by developing
public-private partnerships with local agencies on community development projects in rural areas, including rural economic
and community development, rural health care, rural education, rural public transportation, public management policies,
housing, and technology
- National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA) (Des Moines, IA) - individual-member, professional
organization dedicated exclusively to the advancement of rural development, the development of member proficiency, and
achievement of social and human service objectives in rural areas
- Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP) (Washington, DC) - national network whose purpose is to improve the
quality of life in rural areas by providing training and technical support for water and waste water systems, housing,
economic development, nonprofit and government capacity building
- Rural LISC (Washington, DC) - rural-focused program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) that provides
funding, information, technical assistance, and capacity building to designated community development corporations
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- Services
- Building Better Communities Network (BBCN) (Washington, DC) - information clearinghouse and communication forum
dedicated to building inclusive communities and to successfully siting affordable housing and community services
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- Transport
- American Public Transport Association (APTA) (Washington, DC) - international organization that serves and leads its
membership of bus, rapid transit and commuter rail systems, and the organizations responsible for planning, designing,
constructing, financing and operating transit systems, through advocacy, innovation, and information sharing to strengthen
and expand public transportation
- Automobile Association of America (AAA) (Washington, DC) - federation of affiliated independent, not-for-profit
automobile organizations which offer automotive, travel and financial services to its 44 million members
- Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) (Washington, DC) - battles to improve mobility for the
American people by lobbying for increased investment in public transport, and helping the nation's elected officials at the
local, state and federal levels understand the key connection between transportation and employment, transportation and
medical care, and transportation and quality of life
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