Founded in 1969 as the Greater Homewood Corporation, Strong City Baltimore adopted its new name in 2015 to reflect the organization’s evolution to a nonprofit focused on ensuring a stronger, more prosperous Baltimore for all city residents. With a mission to build and strengthen neighborhoods, Strong City runs a range of programs aimed to ensure safe streets, desirable and diverse housing stock, quality public schools, a robust and educated workforce, and strong civic engagement. In January 2016, the nonprofit launched a Community Wealth Building program, which is working at the city level to promote community wealth building strategies and models, and at the neighborhood level to catalyze concrete projects designed to build and grow neighborhood-based wealth.