Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative
Living cities harnesses the collective power of philanthropy and financial institutions to improve the lives of low-income people and the cities where they live.
- $11M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $202k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $8.5M | 59% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $4.1M | 38% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.4M | 70% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $992k | 85% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $2.9M | 79% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $1.7M | 81% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUSE Corps | $6,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Activest | $4,207,124 | 5 | n/a |
| Frontline Solutions International Corp | $1,206,850 | 4 | n/a |
| School Readiness Consulting LLC | $911,193 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Saint Paul | $740,201 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Memphis | $725,201 | 3 | n/a |
| Nusenda Foundation | $710,000 | 3 | 23% |
| The Urban Institute | $704,865 | 4 | 0% |
| City of Albuquerque | $625,201 | 2 | n/a |
| The Brookings Institution | $625,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUSE Corps | $6,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Activest | $4,207,124 | 5 | n/a |
| Frontline Solutions International Corp | $1,206,850 | 4 | n/a |
| School Readiness Consulting LLC | $911,193 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Saint Paul | $740,201 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Memphis | $725,201 | 3 | n/a |
| Nusenda Foundation | $710,000 | 3 | 23% |
| The Urban Institute | $704,865 | 4 | 0% |
| City of Albuquerque | $625,201 | 2 | n/a |
| The Brookings Institution | $625,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Rochester | $624,161 | 3 | n/a |
| Youthprise | $621,610 | 2 | 3% |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network | $420,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | $243,750 | 1 | 0% |
| City of New Orleans - Nopd | $242,361 | 1 | n/a |
| King County Department of Community & Human Services | $241,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Code for America Labs Inc | $240,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Knowledgeworks Foundation | $210,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Bluehub Capital Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Montopolis Community Development Corporation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc | $195,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Fii - National | $167,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Economic Inclusion | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Pittsburgh | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cfleads | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Philadelphia City Fund Inc | $126,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hillside Children's Center | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact America | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Development Authority | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Invest Newark a New Jersey Nonprofit Corp | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Conscience Community Network LLC | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| City of Atlanta | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City and County of San Francisco | $99,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Red Salmon Arts | $75,101 | 1 | 32% |
| City of Grand Rapids | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Source LLC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Austin | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Public Library | $73,663 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Women in Venture Capital | $60,527 | 1 | n/a |
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | $52,762 | 1 | 1% |
| Homeownership Council of America | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Houston | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Citycounty Management Association | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Business Chicago | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clifford Charitable Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 61% |
| El Paso Museum of Art | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Urban League | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Land Reform Inc Dba Center for Community Progress | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Independent Sector | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Campaign for Black Male Achievement Inc | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Housing Conference Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Welstand Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newark Alliance INC | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County Endowment and Legacy Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asset Funders Network | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Intentional Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Opportunity Hub | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Federal City Council | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Low Income Investment Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc · National Recreation and Park Association · National League of Cities Institute Inc · The Kresge Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Ford Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · The Recycling Partnership Inc · The Rockefeller Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative with peer funders
About Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative
- How much does Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative give?
- Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative reported 18 grants totaling $10,531,446 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (38%), Philanthropy (18%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: FUSE Corps ($6.0M), Activest ($4.2M), Frontline Solutions International Corp ($1.2M).
- Does Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc, National Recreation and Park Association, National League of Cities Institute Inc.
- Where is Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative based?
- Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative is based in DC.
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