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ACCESS TO CAPITAL GRANTS — 2010
Brandeis University $75,000
Waltham, MA
General support for the Institute on Assets and Social Policy.
 
Center for Public Policy Priorities $50,000
Austin, TX
Project support to support the implementation of the Texas Opportunity Model.
 
Center for Responsible Lending $50,000
Durham, NC
General Support to protect home ownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices.
 
The Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina $75,000
Durham, NC
General support to build and protect community wealth through improving the services and changing the practices of North Carolina financial institutions.
 
Consumer Federation of America $50,000
Washington, DC
General support for low-income wealth-building initatives 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.
 
The Disability Fund, Inc. $50,000
Albertson, NY
General support for its development as a National CDFI and its work to enable people with disabilities and their families to obtain affordable, accessible housing, including home ownership.
 
Earned Asset Resource Network, Inc. $125,000
San Francisco, CA
General support for the development of its Individual Development Account program and the Asset Policy Initiative of California
 
The Financial Innovations Center, Inc. $75,000
Chicago, IL
General support to identify, develop and implement innovative ways of delivery of asset-building opportunities to the under-banked market.
 
First Nations Development Institute $100,000
Longmont, CO
General support to assist tribes and non-profits in building and controlling assets in Indian Country.
 
First Nations Oweesta Corporation $75,000
Longmont, CO
General support to assist tribes and tribal communities build financial institutions through loans, investments, technical assistance, training, and financial literacy education.
 
Hope Enterprise Corporation $125,000
Jackson, MS
General support to improve access to capital that finances the creation and expansion of commercial enterprises and home ownership opportunities in the mid-south Delta regions.
 
Indian Land Tenure Foundation $50,000
Little Canada, MN
To prepare and distribute a guide for Indian owners of land held "in trust" by the Federal goverment.
 
Low Income Investment Fund $125,000
San Francisco, CA
General support to increase access to capital in low-income communities through direct lending and public policy efforts.
 
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City $50,000
New York, NY
Project support for projects of the Office of Financial Empowerment of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs.
 
National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations $30,000
Washington, DC
To support a national network of community development associations to help them better serve their communities through technical assistance, advocacy, and peer networking.
 
National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Inc. $150,000
Washington, DC
General support to expand small business lending, combat predatory lending, and provide access to capital.
 
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, Inc. $75,000
New York, NY
Project support for the Fair Mortgage Collaborative
 
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, Inc. $50,000
New York, NY
To support technical assistance and advocacy efforts in regard to the Community Development Capital Initiative of the U.S. Treasury Department.
 
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions, Inc. $50,000
New York, NY
General support to strengthen the operations of community development credit unions, particularly their mortgage lending.
 
Native American Community Development Corporation $50,000
Browning, MT
General support for its efforts to promote lending and enterprise development in Indian country.
 
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project $75,000
New York, NY
General support for NEDAP's community reinvestment research and advocacy.
 
New America Foundation $75,000
Washington, DC
Project support for the Asset Building Program.
 
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Inc. $125,000
Concord, NH
General support to foster affordable homeownership and economic opportunity.
 
President & Fellows of Harvard College $30,000
Cambridge, MA
Project support for The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
 
President & Fellows of Harvard College $100,000
Cambridge, MA
Project support for the "More For Mission" campaign center at the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.
 
Quitman County Development Organization, Inc. $37,500
Marks, MS
General support for QCDO's comprehensive work to bring access to capital, home ownership, and enterprise development to the Mississippi Delta.
 
The Reinvestment Fund, Inc. $150,000
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.
 
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners $75,000
Helena-West Helena, AR
General support for its lending and technical assistance to small businesses and its comprehensive community development strategy in the Delta region.
 
Southern Good Faith Fund $40,000
Little Rock, AR
General support for its asset building and public policy programs.
 
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.
 
Woodstock Institute $100,000
Chicago, IL
General support for research and technical assistance toward meeting the capital and credit demands of low-income neighborhoods.
 
World Institute on Disability $25,000
Oakland, CA
To support the Access to Assets project and its efforts to enable people with disabilities to acquire assets.
 
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