Cross-Sectoral

ACORN
88 3rd Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
T 718-246-7900
F 718-246-7939
natexdirect@acorn.org
www.acorn.org
ACORN is a national grassroots organization that seeks to empower low-income communities and individuals by working toward economic and social justice on the local and national levels through community organizing.

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
3211 Fourth St., NE
Washington, DC 20017
T 202-541-3000
www.nccbuscc.org/cchd/
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, funds low-income groups working for institutional change, providing assistance to worker-ownership enterprises, as well as other economic development projects within low-income communities.

CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
1000 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20007
T 202-342-0519
info@communitychange.org
www.communitychange.org
The Center for Community Change (CCC) provides research, technical assistance, networking, and coalition building in an effort to support grassroots organizations that foster community development.

COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2000 L St., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
T 202-296-5860
F 202-223-0776
info@ced.org
www.ced.org
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is a nonpartisan organization that provides business and education leaders with research and policy recommendations on economic and social issues such as budget reform, school reform, and global markets.

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Center for Urban Affairs
Michigan State University
1801 West Main St.
Lansing, MI 48915-1097
T 517-353-9555
F 517-484-0068
www.msu.edu/~cua
The Community and Economic Development Program at Michigan State University provides research, training, and technical assistance to community-based organizations throughout Michigan. Among other activities, CEDP has developed the Community Income and Expenditure Model, which allows communities to track income and expenditure flows.

GREAT CITIES INSTITUTE
University of Illinois at Chicago
412 South Peoria Street, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60607
T 312-996-8700
F 312-996-8933
gcities@uic.edu
www.uic.edu/cuppa/gci
The Great Cities Institute is a program of the University of Illinois at Chicago. GCI is an interdisciplinary research program designed to disseminate information on urban development. Areas of research focus include metropolitan sustainability and community/human development.

HIGHLANDER CENTER
1959 Highlander Way
New Market, TN 37820
T 865-933-3443
F 865-933-3424
hrec@highlandercenter.org
www.highlandercenter.org
The Highlander Center provides resources and assistance, including research, education, and workshops to community organizations struggling with a variety of problems, economic and social, throughout Appalachia and the South.

INNOVATION NETWORK FOR COMMUNITIES
PO Box 397
Beaver Island, MI 49782
T 231-448-3169
www.in4c.net
Founded in early 2007 with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Innovation Network for Communities seeks to spur community wealth building by identifying and working with partner organizations to help develop and scale up innovations. The group’s current areas of focus include workforce development, urban sustainability strategies, urban low-income minority student learning strategies, and urban market-driven economic development strategies.

NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION
1221 Connecticut Ave., NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20036
T 202-429-0790
www.neighborhoodcoalition.org
The National Neighborhood Coalition seeks to improve communication between national and local community leaders to develop solutions that better address low-income human and neighborhood needs.

NATIONAL VACANT PROPERTIES COALITION
1707 L St NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036
T 202-207-3355
vpdirector@smartgrowthamerica.org
www.vacantproperties.org
A joint project of Smart Growth America (SGA), Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, the National Vacant Properties Campaign aims to help communities prevent abandonment, reclaim vacant properties, and once again become vital places to live. The Coalition aims to achieve these goals by developing a national network of vacant property practitioners and experts, research dissemination, advocacy, and local capacity building through technical assistance and training work.

NEW RULES PROJECT
Institute for Local Self Reliance
1313 5th Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
T 612-379-3815
F 612-379-3920
info@islr.org
www.newrules.org
The New Rules Project, a program of the Institute for Local Self Reliance, provides research, analysis, and education about those factors and policies that support economically sustainable communities, local ownership, and local control in order to promote pro-community policies that reverse the dislocating effects of global capital mobility.

POLICYLINK.ORG
1438 Webster Street, Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94612
T 510-663-2233
F 510-663-9684
info@policylink.org
www.policylink.org
PolicyLink is an online resource promoting innovative community-based efforts to promote more equitable regional economic development. PolicyLink provides resources and information organized around the four core themes of regions, the economy, technology and democracy, with the aim of fostering strengthened relationships among nonprofits, activist groups, and others engaged in regional development issues.

RURAL POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
214 Middlebush Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
T 573-882-0316
lchristopher@rupri.org
www.rupri.org
The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) conducts research and facilitates public dialogue with a focus on the effects of policy on rural areas. RUPRI involves researchers, practitioners, and analysts from numerous other universities, research institutes, governmental units, and other organizations.

SOCIAL COMPACT
738 7th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
T 202-547-2581
F 202-547-2560
www.socialcompact.org
Social Compact is a coalition of business leaders who seek to promote business investment in lower-income communities for the benefit of current residents. Social Compact aims to counter negative stereotypes – reinforced by poverty and a lack of dependable business-oriented market information—that lead to underinvestment in inner city markets. In particular, Social Compact addresses these issues by conducting its own highly detailed inner-city neighborhood market analysis (which it calls a “DrillDown” analysis) and through extensive municipal and community trainings and consulting work.

UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OF AMERICA
1700 West Lake Park Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53224
T 414-359-1040 x3697
F 414-359-1074
info@unca.org
www.unca.org
United Neighborhood Centers of America is a national association representing neighborhood-based community centers throughout the United States. Formerly known as the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, it was founded in 1911 by Jane Addams and other pioneers of the settlement movement. Many of these settlement houses have expanded to become large community centers, whose programs include youth groups, senior services, neighborhood development projects, and services for immigrant and migrant workers.