Funding provided by Truist Foundation’s ‘Where It Starts,’ the grants aim to revitalize commercial corridors in Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Memphis and Nashville. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug.

Host Justin Charles explores how catalytic capital is shifting power in finance through the work of the Inclusive Capital Council (ICC). Featuring Daniel Nissenbaum of the Low Income Investment Fund ...

This piece was written by Sarah Carter. America is in crisis, and it cannot all be pinned on an oligarchic administration determined to create chaos. With their votes, just over half of the electorate ...

Episode Summary In this episode of Live with Living Cities, host Justin Charles sits down with Dr. Ahmed Whitt, Director of the Center for Wealth Equity, for a timely and thought-provoking ...

Although a majority of the household population is composed of Black households, vast disparities exist between these households and their white counterparts. Black households in Memphis have ...

People of color are reported to be on track to become the country’s new majority by 2045. Knowing this, government leaders, private investors and philanthropic funders need to have a more… ...

In 2012, Julie Lein and Clara Brenner started Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator with a mission to empower entrepreneurs to solve urban problems.

On June 15, 2021 Living Cities administered our fifth annual Racial Equity and Inclusion (REI) competency survey to all staff to reflect on their individual competency related to understanding and ...

In 2017, we released an internal learning report titled “What Does it Take to Embed a Racial Equity & Inclusion Lens?” that captures themes from internal interviews, a field scan… ...

The Closing the Gaps (CTG) Network is a ten-year initiative that brings together leaders from cities across the country who are committed to imagining what an anti-racist society might look like, and ...

This content was created in collaboration by Joanna Carrasco, Thiara Falcon and Santiago Carrillo for Hispanics in Philanthropy’s 2021 conference Collective Corazon: The Power is Ours.

The Living Cities collaborative turns 30 years old in 2021. During its first 15 years, Living Cities’ direct investment of $1 billion in grants and loans was leveraged 16 times over.