Grantee Profile
Living Cities: National Community Development Initiative
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Grants to Living Cities: National Community Development Initiative
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$2,250,000Active Strategy
2012 (Duration 3 years, 6 months)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Living Cities is a philanthropic collaborative of 22 foundations and financial institutions that works to improve conditions in urban areas and increase opportunities for low-income individuals. This grant provides three years of general operating support for Living Cities as it works to demonstrate innovative solutions to urban problems for local and national public and private sector audiences, including completion and evaluation of a five-city urban revitalization initiative, which is designed to build capacity, improve living conditions for residents, and generate policy recommendations at multiple levels of government.
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$200,000Active Strategy
2011 (Inactive Grant)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To promote large-scale energy efficient measures in the U.S. multifamily and commercial real estate sectors.
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$1,500,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To implement an urban community development agenda (over two years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Living Cities: National Community Development Initiative $3,950,000 between 2009 and 2012.