Anchor Institutions

Association for Community Health Improvement

http://www.communityhlth.org

The Association for Community Health Improvement is a national association that promotes community health, healthy communities and community benefit. The group convenes and supports leaders from the health care, public health, community and philanthropic sectors to help achieve shared community health goals, and works with hundreds of members to strengthen community health through education, peer networking and the dissemination of practical tools. Read more about Association for Community Health Improvement...

Americans for the Arts

http://www.americansforthearts.org

Americans for the Arts is an organization for advancing the arts in the United States. With 45 years of service and more than 5,000 organizational and individual members and stakeholders across the country, the group aims to foster an environment in which the arts can thrive and contribute to the creation of more livable communities. Read more about Americans for the Arts...

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

http://www.aashe.org

AASHE is a membership-based association of colleges and universities working to advance sustainability in higher education in the US and Canada. On the group's website are many resources to assist campus sustainability efforts, including a sustainability policy bank, a campus sustainability professionals page, interest groups, publications, classroom resources, and useful links for virtually every aspect of campus operation. Read more about Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education...

University Park Plan

http://www.iun.edu/~univpark

The University Park plan, developed between 2001 and 2002 by Indiana University Northwest with oversight from a City task force consisting of representatives of community organizations, store owners, local educational institutions and City agencies, seeks to utilize schools, area colleges, and community centers as anchor institutions for its comprehensive community redevelopment effort. Read more about University Park Plan...

Uptown Consortium

http://www.uptownconsortium.org

Founded in the summer of 2003 by the leaders of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, TriHealth, Inc. and the University of Cincinnati, the Uptown Consortium illustrates an anchor-based approach to community wealth building. To date, the trustees of the University of Cincinnati alone have allocated $100 million from the university's $1 billion endowment to support the effort, helping to leverage over $400 million for community renovation work. Read more about Uptown Consortium...

SwedishAmerican

http://www.swedishamerican.org

SwedishAmerican is a not-for-profit, locally governed healthcare system that serves 12 counties in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Read more about SwedishAmerican...

Rochester Area Foundation--First Homes

http://www.firsthomes.org

Supported by a $7 million donation from the area's leading anchor institution and employer the Mayo Clinic (which employs 28,000 in a city of 95,000), the Rochester Area Foundation in 1999 launched First Homes. Mayo's leading donation led to an additional $7 million in donations, leveraging an additional $115 million. To date, 420 new single-family homes and more than 225 new below-market-rate rental units have been built. Read more about Rochester Area Foundation--First Homes...

Federation of Neighborhood Centers (FNC)

http://fncphilly.org

Founded in 1906, the Federation of Neighborhood Centers (formerly named the Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements) nurtures intentional partnerships that build strong neighborhoods.  FNC programs currently focus on youth development, urban farming, food access, workforce training, parent education, and re-entry.  To support emerging community visionaries, the nonprofit also provides fiscal sponsorship and back-office services to roughly 20 projects in the Philadelphia area.

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Connective Corridor

http://www.connectivecorridor.syr.edu/project-overview

Connecting the University Hill with downtown Syracuse, NY, the Connective Corridor is a revitalization project that showcases the variety of art and cultural assets of the city, encouraging economic development, tourism, and urban residential "smart growth." Led by the city's principal anchor institution - Syracuse University, the Corridor will feature creative lighting, sustainable transportation options, urban reforestation, technology hot spots, and offer opportunities for student learning and faculty scholarship. Read more about Connective Corridor...

Community Innovators Lab at MIT

http://colab.mit.edu

With a focus on democratic engagement, shared wealth generation, and urban sustainability, the Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) is a center for research and practice within the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) that promotes collaboration and partnership between MIT and community organizations. Read more about Community Innovators Lab at MIT...

Community Building Institute

http://www.xavier.edu/communitybuilding

Encouraging asset-based community planning by the community instead of outside agencies, the Community Building Institute (CBI) works to improve communities and the way of life of the people who live in them. CBI helps facilitate and support many community-based initiatives, but the push for these projects comes first and foremost from the community residents themselves. Read more about Community Building Institute...

Brush Creek Community Partners

http://www.bccp.org

This effort, begun in 1994, has brought together local colleges and research institutes, hospitals, art museums, the Kauffman Foundation and business to collaborate to pursue a common mission of developing a cultural and research corridor surrounded by healthy neighborhoods. Over the course of the following decade, over $1 billion was invested in corridor initiatives. Read more about Brush Creek Community Partners...

20/20/2000 Housing Initiative, Harvard University

http://www.community.harvard.edu/housing_initiative

Started in 2000, the 20/20/2000 Housing Initiative is a collaboration between Harvard University and local leaders to address the lack of affordable housing in the Boston and Cambridge areas. The University, through its $20 million, 20-year affordable housing low-interest fund, provides assistance to help create and preserve affordable housing for low and middle-income residents. To date, the Fund has helped finance the creation or renovation of more than 4,350 units of affordable housing. Read more about 20/20/2000 Housing Initiative, Harvard University...

Seattle University Micro-Fund

http://www.seattleu.edu/albers/inner.aspx?id=23000

This $1 million Seattle University micro-fund will assist current programs of community based micro-lending organizations Community Capital Development and Washington CASH, enabling them to expand their client pool and, at times, providing necessary equity funding. Read more about Seattle University Micro-Fund...

Seattle Foundation

http://www.seattlefoundation.org

Established in 1946, the Seattle Foundation is one of the nation's largest community foundations, with total assets in excess of $600 million. In 2008, the Seattle Foundation granted more than $63 million to over 2,000 organizations and program initiatives in King County and the surrounding area. One of these initiatives, the Building Resilience Fund, aims to raise $6 million over three years to assist those most affected by the current recession. Read more about Seattle Foundation...

LATCH (Lutheran Alliance To Create Housing)

http://www.latch.org

LATCH is a coalition of 34 Lutheran church congregations in the Puget Sound area that builds and maintains affordable permanent housing for households between 30 percent and 50 percent of median income, develops resident-managed cooperatives and advocates for public policies that support affordable housing development and address the needs of low-income residents. Formed in 1990, it now owns and operates 205 apartments. Read more about LATCH (Lutheran Alliance To Create Housing) ...

Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington

http://www.ccsww.org

Supported by Catholic dioceses and established in 1979, Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington (CHS) is a mission driven faith based agency that develops, owns and manages affordable housing programs for low-income families and individuals. With an annual operating budget of nearly $18 million and assets of more than $190 million, owned or under management, CHS is responsible for more than 1,900 housing units across 44 properties throughout Western Washington. Read more about Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington...

Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation

http://www.gstlcf.org

Founded in 1915, the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation was one of the first community foundations in the nation. Today, it manages 550 individual charitable funds that total more than $350 million in assets and awards over $40 million in grants on an annual basis.

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Pittsburgh Foundation

http://www.pittsburghfoundation.org

Founded in 1945, the Pittsburgh Foundation is the 14th largest community foundation in the country with more than 1,900 individual donor funds and assets of over $1 billion. It also has its own grantmaking program that focuses on fostering sustainable communities, defined as places that seamlessly integrate economic, social equity, and environmental goals to enhance residents’ quality of life. In 2013, the Foundation distributed nearly $29 million in grants to nonprofits in the Pittsburgh region.

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