| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | $100,000 |
Washington, DC
To advance a working model of how the development finance field can achieve scale, thereby increasing the flow of financial resources to low-income communities. | |
| California Reinvestment Committee | $35,000 |
San Francisco, CA
General support to help low-income communities in California use the Community Reinvestment Act and related strategies to gain access to capital. Second payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2005. | |
| Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc. | $35,000 |
Bethesda, MD
Planning grant for the Community Investment Partners Program. | |
| Community Loan Fund of New Jersey | $75,000 |
Trenton, NJ
General support for access to capital and technical assistance for affordable housing, child care facilities and business development for low-income residents of New Jersey. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2005. | |
| The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina | |
Durham, NC
To build and protect community wealth by improving services and changing practices of North Carolina financial institutions. First and second payments of this grant were paid in 2005. | |
| Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc. | $250,000 |
Minneapolis, MN
Project support for the first three years of a five-year capital campaign to support the development of a robust secondary market for community development assets. First payment of a three-year $750,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| Consumer Federation of America | $40,000 |
Washington, DC
To support wealth-building initatives for low-income people including the America Saves campaign. | |
| Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, Ltd. | $40,000 |
New York, NY
Project support for the Economic Opportunity Program's policy research on the relationship between consumer debt and asset building. Second payment of a two-year $80,000 grant approved in 2005. | |
| Earned Asset Resource Network, Inc. | $100,000 |
San Francisco, CA
General support for the development of its Individual Development Account program and the Asset Policy Initiative of California. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| The Financial Innovations Center, Inc. | $35,000 |
Chicago, IL
General support to identify, develop and implement innovative asset-building opportunities for the under-banked market. | |
| First Nations Development Institute | $50,000 |
Longmont, CO
General support for grantmaking, technical assistance, and research programs to assist tribes and indigenous peoples to control and develop their assets. | |
| First Nations Oweesta Corporation |
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Rapid City, SD
General support to assist tribes and tribal communities' community development through loans, investments, technical assistance, training, and financial literacy education. First and second payments of this grant were paid in 2005. | |
| Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc. | $62,500 |
New York, NY
Project support to beta test a "positively screened" index of S & P 900 companies with superior records in community investing. | |
| Lenders for Community Development | |
San Jose, CA
General support to provide financing and technical assistance for small business development, home ownership opportunities and Individual Development Accounts for low-income people in Silicon Valley. First and second payments of this grant were paid in 2005. | |
| Low Income Investment Fund | $125,000 |
San Francisco, CA
General support to increase access to capital in low-income communities for strategies including home ownership and child care. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| National Community Capital Association (DBA Opportunity Finance Network) | $50,000 |
Philadelphia, PA
Project support for the Community Development Financial Institution Assessment and Rating System (CARS™) and the Financial Innovation project. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Inc. | $200,000 |
Washington, DC
General support to expand small business lending, combat predatory lending, and provide access to capital. Second payment of a two-year $400,000 grant approved in 2005. | |
| National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, Inc. | $50,000 |
New York, NY
General support to strengthen the operations and competitiveness of community development credit unions. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| New America Foundation | $125,000 |
Washington, DC
Project support for the Asset Building Program's policy and research activities and to help launch the Global Assets Program. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Inc. | $100,000 |
Concord, NH
General support to foster affordable home ownership and economic opportunity. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund, Inc. | $75,000 |
Newark, NJ
General support for organizing efforts and programs to increase home ownership, access to capital, and financial literacy in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in New Jersey. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2005. | |
| New York City Financial Network Action Consortium, Inc. | $30,000 |
Brooklyn, NY
General support to help credit unions meet the need of unbanked New Yorkers for credit and financial services. | |
| North Carolina Minority Support Center | $100,000 |
Durham, NC
General support to strengthen community development corporations and credit unions in North Carolina through operating grants, financing, and technical assistance. | |
| Northcountry Cooperative Foundation | $35,000 |
Minneapolis, MN
To support the Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund and its affiliated credit union to promote and finance cooperative home ownership and commercial enterprises. First payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| The Reinvestment Fund, Inc. | $125,000 |
Philadelphia, PA
General support to increase access to capital in low-income communities for affordable housing, community facilities, commercial real estate and business development and to support related public policy and program assessment efforts. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| Social Investment Forum Foundation, Inc. | $50,000 |
Washington, DC
Project support for the Community Investment Center (www.communityinvest.org), a website featuring resources for individuals and institutions seeking to invest in under-served communities in the United States and abroad. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2005. | |
| Southern Good Faith Fund | $35,000 |
Pine Bluff, AK
General support for asset-building efforts, including their Individual Development Accounts and public policy programs. | |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $100,000 |
Manchester, NH
Project support for the Capital Markets Access Program and for the Financial Innovations Roundtable. | |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $100,000 |
Manchester, NH
Recoverable grant for Wall Street Without Walls for the preparation of a private placement memorandum and related start up costs for Community Development Assurance LLC, a financial guarantee cor - poration for the community development sector. | |
| Southern New Hampshire University | $20,000 |
Manchester, NH
Project support to develop a case study on mission-related investing. | |
| Trustees of Boston College | $30,000 |
Chestnut Hill, MA
Project support for The Institute for Responsible Investment to publish "Responsible Investment by Asset Class: A Handbook for Foundations and Other Investors." | |
| Washington University | $100,000 |
St. Louis, MO
General support for the Center for Social Development's ongoing research on asset building among low-income families. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
| Washington University | $50,000 |
St. Louis, MO
To develop a report from a global perspective on the role of asset building for low-income people. | |
| Woodstock Institute | |
Chicago, IL
General support for research and technical assistance to help meet the capital and credit demands of low-income neighborhoods. First and second payments of this grant were paid in 2005. | |
| World Institute on Disability | $25,000 |
Oakland, CA
To support the Access to Assets project that promotes asset development among people with disabilities. First payment of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2006. | |
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